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El Cascajal Guatemala UTZ Certified

Full City Roast

• Aroma: fruit, vanilla
• Flavor: sweet, butter
• Body: heavy, rich
• Acidity: crisp, sweet
• Aftertaste: chocolate, brown sugar, cognac

French Roast

• Aroma: floral, nutty
• Flavor: dark chocolate, mineral
• Body: heavy, creamy
• Acidity: tart
• Aftertaste: buttery, black currant

Certifications: UTZ Certified

COFFEE PROFILE
A well-balanced cup, rich heavy body and bright acidity. The aroma is fragrant with caramel and lemon grass. The finish is powerful, laced with chocolate and cognac.

GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE
This coffee comes from a region called New Oriente. Coffees here have been cultivated exclusively by small producers since the 1950s. In the 1980s, responding to the increasing demand for specialty coffee, the region began producing more and more coffee. Today, with virtually every mountain backyard a coffee farm, what was one of Guatemala’s poorest and most isolated areas is now vibrant and growing.

Finca Cascajal and UTZ Certification
Francisco Amadeo Palencia Rivas purchased this land in 1992. At that time it was a 55 hectare plot. Every year he added to his plot and today he cultivates 540 hectares. The farm serves as a corridor for extension and transfer of agricultural techniques and technology, both for producers of the area and for rural development programs.
Through the aid of the UTZ Certification program and his entrepreneurial vision, he not only produces coffee of the highest quality, but is also a model for socially and environmentally responsible agriculture.