Guatemala
Buena Vista Pacamara
Buena Vista Pacamara
This complex natural Pacamara showcases notes of apricot jam, butterscotch, and a crisp herbal finish.
About
Coffee Expression A complex natural Pacamara, with notes of stewed stone fruit, butterscotch and a crisp herbal finish.
Producer Grown by Freddy Orantes and his family in the Fraijanes region, just a 90 minute drive from Guatemala City. We have purchased coffee from Freddy several times now.
200g - Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso
Technical Data
Producer Freddy Orantes
Region Fraijanes
Altitude 1800 masl
Varietal Pacamara
Process Natural
Harvest Jan 2025
Brewing Advice
Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm.
Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.
We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.
Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.


Buena Vista
The Fraijanes region is much further south than Huehuetenango, where most of our Guatemalan lots come from each year. Fraijanes lies much closer to the Guatemalan capital Guatemala City, so has felt the effects of urbanisation, with higher costs of production and rising land values leading to some difficulty in maintaining a profitable coffee farm.
Freddy’s farm is only around a 90 minute drive from the city, and is a great example of the work that’s possible in this region, leading a move towards higher quality in order to maintain his family business. He has worked on separation of several varietals from the farm, creating traceable micro lots that he can sell for a premium.
The warm climate and strong sun in Fraijanes allows more flexibility in processing compared to northern regions like Huehuetenango, making natural and honey processes much more accessible here, allowing Freddy even more opportunity for separation and value creation.
This lot was harvested from Freddy’s stock of Pacamara in January, and processed using a rather meticulous natural process. The coffee was first floated to get rid of low density cherries and foreign material, before being transferred directly to drying tables. The drying process takes place on well-ventilated and shaded raised beds, while the cherry is turned very often; every hour during the initial 3 days, and every 3 hours thereafter. This creates a very even drying, and a consistent level of fermentation.
Freddy’s fine work on the farm translates into a clean and elegant cup, with soft and sweet notes of baked apricot, rich butterscotch and a crisp herbal finish.
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