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Cup Characteristics:  sweet and fruited, with flavors of red grapes and strawberries, with a bodied, honey-like finish.

Near the town of San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, Juan Luis Barrios Ortega grows these Bourbon, Typica and Pache varietal trees 1700 meters above sea level on his family's two farms, La Merced and Retiro de Quisaya. Earlier this year, Juan Luis constructed a mill on the Retiro farm to process his coffee cherries. The mill depulps the coffee cherries, removing the skin of the fruit, and then sends the seeds to fermentation tanks where they soak for approximately 24 hours loosen the sticky mucilage that surrounds the bean. Having gone through the fermentation process, the parchment covered seeds are then placed on the nearby patio to dry. This year's crop from Retiro de Quisaya is sweet and fruited, with flavors of red grapes and strawberries, with a bodied, honey-like finish.

Process: Washed and sundried
Varietal: Bourbon, Typica and Pache
Region: Chimaltenango
Altitude: 1,700 meters
Harvest Period: December through April

Roaster: Chocolate Fish Coffee
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