Caturra Lot 36 / Washed
This year, Julio’s Caturra from El Zapote is bursting with character – sweet, chocolatey, and vibrant with plum, berries, and sweet orange hints. It’s a cup that keeps you coming back.
€17.10 /kg
This year, Julio’s Caturra from El Zapote is bursting with character – sweet, chocolatey, and vibrant with plum, berries, and sweet orange hints. It’s a cup that keeps you coming back.
€17.10 /kg
Our Acatenango coffees usually tend to be pretty dense and compact. They ‘like’ more aggressive energy at the beginning of the roast compared to many other coffees, given that you want to achieve a similar roast time. Watch out for significant RoR crashes after the first crack – make sure you go into the development time phase with a relatively high energy as well.
Please note this is a general, not a specific tip. Each coffee tends to behave a bit (or a lot!) differently and should be approached individually. We highly recommend working with a colorimeter machine. Your local data, depending on your grinder, grind size and the way you prepare coffee surface for measurements, will be the most precise tool for your QC routine aside from cupping.
We’ve been buying coffee from Julio for over 4 years now. Every year we cup daily lots from his harvest and this year it was a lot from day 36 that stole our hearts.
It’s a true Acatenango classic with a lot of sweetness and stone fruit notes.
Process:
After picking it was dry fermented in cherries for 16 hours, then de pulped and dry fermented in the tank for another 14 hours. After that the coffee was washed and dried in shaded patios for 12 days.
We visit Julio quite often as his farm is just 5 minutes from El Llano farm where we live on everyday basis.
We get to see all the harvest fun and hard work.
Enjoy every roast and sip!
Location: Acatenango
Altitude (MASL): 1,300-1,500 m.a.s.l.
Varieties: Caturra, Bourbon, Yellow Bourbon, Geisha, H1, Pacamara, Maragogype
Processing method: Washed, honey, natural, experiments
Finca El Zapote is located in the coffee heart of Acatenango right in the middle of the town, Socorro. Julio, the owner of the farm has dedicated all his life to growing and carrying for coffee.
We met Julio 6 years ago and we became instant coffee friends. We started our buying relationship 4 years ago and we are happy to say that we have been growing together.
Julio’s coffee goals are very percise and specific and each year he takes steps to reach them. His main focus is quality of course but also quality achieved in a sustainable way with respect for the environment and people.
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