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Impressions: dark chocolate, butter, almonds, candied orange Roast Degree: medium-dark (4/5) Country: Guatemala Location: El Volcancito, Santa Rosa Producers: Amildo Pineda, Rigoberto Garcia, Rommel Urias and Miguel Angel Quinteros Varieties: Mixed, mostly Pache San Ramon Process: Washed Import Partner:Semilla
El Volcancito is a small Xinka Community that is almost entirely reliant on coffee to earn a living. They are relatively new to the specialty coffee sector, starting to export internationally in 2022. This is also when we started to use this lot as our staple and biggest volume buy every year.
Instead of chasing cup scores or cheaper prices, we are committed to buy as much as we can from this group every harvest with the end goal being able to buy all they have to offer. By buying this coffee (and any other coffees or blends from the region) you help us get closer to that goal.
Many growers in the region still sell their coffee cherries locally for a fraction of what they could get from the specialty sector. Every harvest, Semilla tries to gather momentum from buyers so they can incorporate more producers into their network and give them crucial access to a more lucrative market.
One of the key reasons for the group's success has been how they organized locally to process their own cherries in communal beneficios. Each producer contributing to this lot is a true smallholder farmer, producing between 5 and 15 bags of exportable coffee annually. Coming together to build a high-quality community lot makes processing and exporting more efficient, leaving more money in their pockets compared to processing everything individually.
BREW CHART & IMPRESSIONS
OUR IMPRESSIONS
This is a solid washed coffee that we roasted to go well with any brew method, with or without milk, and it's designed for a bolder taste profile.
As a filter, the dark chocolate and nuttiness shine. The cooked pear notes gives the coffee such a nice mouthfeel, and the aftertaste feels like nougat and vanilla.
As an espresso, it’s all about texture and the buttery side of this coffee. If you like your espresso strong and round, but smooth at the same time, this is the one! The orange marmalade sweetness makes this coffee incredibly balanced.
Steam some milk and this becomes a choco milk bomb!
BREW GUIDE
Think of these as starting points - adjust as you go. Remember: your taste buds always win!
ESPRESSO
Dose: 18 g Ratio: 2.1 : 1
⏱ : 24-30 sec
ESPRESSO WITH MILK
Dose: 18 g Ratio: 1.9 : 1
⏱ : 30-34 sec
AMERICANO
Dose: 18 g Ratio: 2.1 : 1
⏱ : 30-35 sec
V60/ ORIGAMI
Dose: 23 g Ratio: 15 : 1
⏱ : 2:45-3:15 min
CHEMEX/ BATCH BREW Dose: 40-60 g Ratio: 15 : 1
⏱ : 4:30-5:00 min
FRENCH PRESS Dose: 18-25 g Ratio: 14.5 : 1
⏱ : 4:00 min steep time
TRANSPARENCY
Producers: Amildo Piñeda, Rigoberto Garcia, Rommel Urias and Miguel Angel Quinteros. Exporter: Industrias Noviembre Importer: Semilla Price we paid Semilla: 18.65CAD/kg FOB price: 14.05CAD/kg Farmgate price: 2550 Quetzal/quintal 1 quintal being around 100kg of parchment (parchment means the green bean is still not exposed) National price: 1800 Quetzal. Semilla paid ～40% above market price
Some words from Semilla on the work they do in Guatemala when it comes to community lots:
''Blends like this serve a similar purpose across Semilla’s sourcing programs throughout Latin America. They allow for a slightly lower-quality ceiling on individual lots while still offering a high price. In Guatemala, we do not set prices based on quality; instead, differentiation is linked to the producers' input costs. This means that producers, like those in El Volcancito who have invested time and resources into post-harvest processing, receive higher prices that reflect their investment. In this case, the blend was created because the coffees were solid but not good enough to stand alone as microlots. When blended, the collective quality surpasses the sum of its parts.''
