Articles in the Latin American Beans Category
Latin American Beans, Watza crackin'? »
This country can boast about great coffee !! Guatemalan coffees are some of the most amazing fragrant and aromatic coffees in the world. The natural shade and jungle of the Guatemalan highlands are the perfect environment for the bourbon botanical variety of arabica, Guatemalan growing regions vary in their potential cup quality: many have sufficient altitude, soil and climate conditions. Antiguas are well-known and highly rated. Huehuetenango from the north highland can be exceptional and have distinct fruit flavors. It produces a wonderful bright coffee with nice …
Coffee Origins, Latin American Beans »
This country can boast about great coffee ..Guatemalan coffees are some of the most amazing fragrant and aromatic coffees in the world. The natural shade and jungle of the Guatemalan highlands are the perfect environment for the bourbon botanical variety of arabica, Guatemalan growing regions vary in their potential cup quality: many have sufficient altitude, soil and climate conditions. Antiguas are well-known and highly rated. Huehuetenango from the north highland can be exceptional and have distinct fruit flavors. It produces a wonderful bright coffee with nice body, and excellent floral …
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Over 2300 small-scale farmers have joined together to create the Central Multiple Service Cooperative, known as PRODECOOP (est 1993). These farms are located in the Northern Nicaraguan mountains of the Segovias. The coffees produced here are shade grown and the beans are manually harvested. PRODECOOP carefully supervises all phases of the coffee production and processing to insure strict quality control. The last few years have been spent identifying and marketing the co-op’s best coffees in order to imporove the economic status of all the farmers. These familes are very proud …
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The following is an excerpt from Roast Magazine:
Mexican coffees are known for being light to medium in body with mild acidity and good balance. But because they often lack the richness and body many buyers look for, Mexican coffees were traditionally used in blends and as a flavoring base.
Ease of access and abundant quality coffee has turned greater buyer interest towards Mexico in the recent years. This has helped elevate Mexico’s status from blend coffee to single-source and organic specialty offerings. Look for Fair Trade and organic offerings at World …
