*Roast days are Tuesday and Thursday. Order by Sunday 11:59 pm EST
for Wednesday shipment or Tuesday 11:59 pm EST for Friday shipment
*Roast days are Tuesday and Thursday. Order by Sunday 11:59 pm EST
for Wednesday shipment or Tuesday 11:59 pm EST for Friday shipment
Specs
Producer Petrona Ramirez
Region Q'antxbina, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Harvest Spring 2024
Varieties Caturra & Bourbon
Process Washed
Altitude 1,640 masl
Importer Primavera
Producer Profile
Petrona Ramirez is a second-generation coffee producer. who lives with her three children in Huehuetenango. She started farming years ago alongside her husband, but they were hit very hard by the Coffee Leaf Rust Epidemic in Central America. As such, her husband migrated in order to help provide for the family (a story all too common in Central America). Petrona and her children stayed behind and replanted the farm with new coffee plants. Petrona is a member of El Sendero, a cooperative that provides support and information around Concepción Huista to about 650 members. This is the second year we have purchased coffee from Petrona, and we've noticed a marked improvement in cup quality this season.
Huehuetenango is the highest growing region in Guatemala and is one of only three non-volcanic soil regions in the country. Its clay soils and heavy rainfall make it an ideal environment for high-quality coffee production.
Bourbon takes its name from Bourbon Island (now La Réunion), where it was introduced by French missionaries who had taken a few coffee seeds from Yemen in the 1700s. Along with Typica, Bourbon accounts for the basis of most of the world's coffee production today which is made up of Bourbon and Typica descendant varieties. Bourbon is known for its high-quality potential, susceptibility to disease and relatively low yields.
A natural mutation of Bourbon, originally discovered in Brazil in the early 20th century; Caturra derives its name from the Guarani word for “small,” a reference to its diminutive stature that results from a single-gene mutation causing dwarfism. It was this small size- allowing for more trees to be planted closer together- that led to mass selections of Caturra being made by the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas in the 1930’s. Caturra then made its way to Guatemala during the 1940’s and then was widely adopted in the 1970’s by the rest of Central America, where it is now one of the most economically important varieties.
Fully washed. Patio dried in full sun.
IMPORTER | Primavera |
FARMGATE PRICINGWhat's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | $3.60 USD per lb |
FOB PRICING | $4.06 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $5.75 USD per lb |
LOT SIZE | Total lot size of 2,720 kg. Subtext purchased4 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Primavera has been working with Petrona for four years and this is the second year we have purchased her coffee. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 85.5 |