Ader Recinos Espresso

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SINGLE ORIGIN COFFEE

Country: Guatemala

Farmer: Ader Recinos

Region: La Libertad, Huehuetenango

Varietals: Borbón, Caturra

Elevation: 1900 m

Processwashed

Tasting Notes: toffee, demerara sugar, maraschino

This is our 8th year buying from Ader and family, whose farm is atop a beautiful mountain ridge overlooking a valley near the border with Chiapas. The costs of producing coffee are rising in Huehue and seemingly everywhere as fewer labourers are returning each year at harvest time. This is forcing many producers to jettison outlying sections of their farms, concentrating available pickers in areas easier to access to maximize efficiency/density in an attempt to lower costs.

As you may remember, we buy from Ader's neighbor, Jesús Constanza.  Their farms sit about 300 metres above the better known Finca La Bolsa which put La Libertad on the specialty coffee map.
We buy from 3 distinct growing regions in Guatemala with very different microclimates. Huehuetenango is known for it's high elevation, delicate acidity, subtle florals and citrus.