Size: 12oz
Origin: Palencia, Guatemala
Process: Washed
Tasting Notes: Peach, Honey, Vanilla Syrup
About The Coffee:
From our friends at Onyx who we had the pleasure of visiting in Guatemala earlier this year. Victor and his team graciously lead us around the rich farm land of El Tambor.
Many decades ago, farming families on this land heard a huge thumping sound underground, but only in the rainy season. It was attributed to a large underground waterfall, but the sound has not been heard since WWII. This is where the name El Tambor, or 'The Drum', comes from.
Victor Calderon is congenial and bright, a tall man with a contagious positivity and smile. Of his own farm, he says, "To control the coffee quality, we start from the seed, which is carefully chosen every year by Pablo Montezuma."The Calderon family uses bio-dynamic agricultural practices, which Victor just calls "common sense". They use only organic practices, without chemicals, and spread clay to combat rust.
This coffee is a wash process coffee that ferments for 12-20 days and then sun dried on patios.