Finca Medina
Guatemala, filter roast
Another beautiful coffee from the highlands of Guatemala, and a properly traditional one - the producer has been in operation since 1842! But don’t let that fool you, traditional doesn’t mean closed to modern technologies and ideas. Every batch of coffee is evaluated in a laboratory, they use a state of the art water treatment plant recycling water used in processing the coffee with an anaerobic, facultative and then wastewater pond system not allowing the used water to go back to the subsoil - the plan is to fulfill all the highest requirements in the BOD and QOD indexes. On top of that the spent fruit pulp is used for organic compost, reusing the “spent” water for rehydration and mixing the ingredients making sure carbon dioxide is released and compost is properly aerated. Fruit pulp is mixed with leaves, sticks, wood choppings and tree trimmings making the compost very rich in nutrients and viable as an organic fertilizer - which is then used on the coffee trees. There’s definitely a lot of “re” happening around Finca Medina and we absolutely love it!
ORIGIN - Guatemala
LOCATION - Agua Volcano, Antigua
ELEVATION - 1650masl
HARVEST - 2023
PRODUCER TYPE - Small Holder Farmers
PROCESSING MILL - Finca Medina
PROCESS - Washed
PLANT SPECIES - Arabica
PLANT VARIETY - Caturra
We made this coffee to be a perfect filter, and tastes amazing as a pour over. This coffee is one to savour.