BeMyBean - Guatemala Alotenango Natural Filter 250 g

Country: Guatemala

Region: Alotenango

Farm : Alotenango

Processing: Natural

Varietal: Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra

Altitude: 1400 m a.s.l.

ABOUT THE COFFEE

Guatemala Alotenango is a coffee for alternative brewing methods that delights with an intense, juicy, and very fruity character. In the cup, you will find notes of forest fruits, apricot, passion fruit, rhubarb, as well as sweet hard candies and bubble gum.

Natural processing gives it a full body, distinct sweetness, and a rich, multilayered aroma – ideal for those looking for coffees with a modern, bold profile. Guatemala Alotenango is an offering for lovers of expressive and unconventional filter coffees. Right from the first sip, it delights with intense fruitiness that combines juicy forest fruits, ripe apricot, exotic passion fruit, and crisp rhubarb.

The whole is complemented by sweet associations with hard candies and bubble gum, giving the cup an exceptionally dessert-like and surprising character. This is a coffee of high intensity, full body, and a long, sweet finish.

ABOUT PROCESSING

Such a rich flavor profile is thanks to the natural processing method, one of the oldest and most demanding coffee preparation techniques. The process begins with careful hand-picking of exclusively fully ripe, red coffee fruits. Next, the fruits are thoroughly sorted – first all impurities are removed, and then selection is carried out in water, which discards fruits that are too light (unripe) or damaged.

After selection, the whole fruits go onto African beds, where multi-day drying begins. Unlike washed coffees, the beans remain closed inside the fruit throughout this entire time. Naturally occurring sugars, acids, and aromatic compounds from the skin and pulp gradually penetrate the beans, building their characteristic sweetness and complexity. To ensure drying proceeds evenly and to prevent uncontrolled fermentation, the fruits are turned regularly up to a dozen times a day, and the entire process is constantly monitored for temperature and humidity. Drying usually lasts from a few to even several weeks – until the fruits reach an appropriately low moisture level.

Only then are the dried skin and pulp mechanically removed in the hulling process, revealing green beans ready for further sorting, resting, and preparation for roasting. The result of this time-consuming method is a coffee with exceptional aroma intensity, velvety body, and clear, fruity sweetness. In Guatemala Alotenango, this translates into a juicy cup full of forest fruits, apricot, and passion fruit, with the pleasant acidity of rhubarb and a candy accent of hard candies and bubble gum. This is a coffee that shows how much character well-executed natural processing can bring out.

Store in a cool, dry place.