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Los Pinos | Single Origin Espresso

Name: Los Pinos | Single Origin Espresso
Brand: CoffeeEmbassy
Price: 20.00 NZD
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$20.00 NZD

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Size 250g

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Guatemala Los Pinos SOE

Producer – Renardo Orvalle

Location – Santa Barbara, Huehuetenango

Farm – Finca Los Pinos

Variety – Caturra, Bourbon

Altitude – 1900-2250 MASL

Process – Washed

Tasting Notes – Mandarin, Vanilla, Nutmeg

Roasted For – Espresso

Importer – Langdon Coffee Merchants

Named after the large, old pine trees visible from the great height of the farm, Los Pinos sits in the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. The owner of Los Pinos, Renardo Orvalle, is a third generation coffee farmer and part of the family business, Vides58, who own several farms in the region and have a long history of coffee farming.

About

Renardo’s grandfather Jorge Vides, a doctor and humanitarian, founded his first coffee farm, Finca La Bolsa, in 1958 as a hobby. Jorge founded a school that still runs on the farm, which has since been named after him. In 2001, the second and third generation of farmers in the family, including Renardo, started to focus on cultivating specialty coffee, tasting to differentiate qualities and improve processes. Renardo began planting several plots on Los Pinos with Caturra, Bourbon, and Pacamara in 2013 as an experiment, which proved to have a distinct and unique character owing to the soil and height of the farm.

Today, Renardo and Vides58 continue their work with a profound sense of tradition and innovation. They pride themselves on their social, agricultural and environmentally conscious processes, and work with neighbouring communities to support the development of coffee cultivation. Renardo is a quality and consistency focused, passionate farmer who believes in fostering transparent, long term relationships with roasters and importers that benefits everyone in the supply chain.

This lot undergoes a classic washed process. After handpicking to ensure only completely ripe cherries are processed, cherries are depulped and fermented for 24 hours before being dried on a patio until they reach the required humidity and moisture levels.