Luis Fernando Garcia Espresso

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SINGLE ORIGIN COFFEE

Country: Guatemala

Mill/Washing Station: La Primavera

Region: El Volcancito, San Rafael Las Flores

Varietals: Yellow Caturra, Pache San Ramón

Elevation: 1700 m

Process: washed

Tasting Notes: cherry, caramel, Manuka honey

Luis Fernando is the son of Adolfo Garcia, both members of the resistance to the Pan American owned silver mine in their municipality at San Rafel Las Flores, southern Jalapa. They were part of a small precedent-setting group that had their case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada after they were attacked and shot by the mine's private security firm. Several of the Garcias are now submitting coffees for export as well as working in a newly formed coffee QC lab near El Volcancito. Luis Fernando's coffee is a mix of yellow caturra and pache. It is very sweet, with dense caramel, pistachio and cherry.