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Concepción | Don Hector Leal | Natural | Guatemala
Concepción | Don Hector Leal | Natural | Guatemala
Subscription Info
Subscription Info
Our single origin coffee beans are seasonal and may vary over time. We will keep you up-to-date should our range differ from your original subscription - the choice of bean will always be yours as well, so please do get in touch should you have any questions.
One-Time Purchase Shipping: Find our shipping policy here.
Subscription Shipping: We'll get your subscription shipped out based on your purchase date and subscription schedule.
For subscriptions, we roast on Wednesday and Thursday, so we will send out your coffee on Thursdays or Fridays. If you are a Local Subscription (PH7, PH5 or PH6), then we will deliver - free of charge! - to your door on Thursdays or Fridays. You can always choose to pickup your subscription in our shop as well for free (during opening hours).
To make sure you get your subscription within a week of your first order, please ensure you place your subscription order no later than a Tuesday at 23:59. This is to allow us to plan our roast days for the week. If you order after this, then we will ship out the following Thursday or Friday.
Regardless of when you place your subscription, we will use the original order date to calculate subsequent delivery dates, and ship/local deliver accordingly on the Thursday or Friday.
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- Single Origin Coffee
Description of Coffee
A single origin, natural, shade-dried coffee from Don Hector Leal in Guatemala. H1 also known as Centroamericano, is the varietal and we roast medium-light - this keeps the brightness and multiple-levels of flavours - a sweet red apple, think toffee apple maybe with a hint of nutiness.
Brings a really enjoyable cup of coffee with lots of layers - filter keeps that apple fruitiness and sweetness, but really nice as an espresso based drink as well.
Details of Coffee
Details of Coffee
Process: Natural Shade-Dried
In the Cup: Red Apple, Sweet, Balanced
Producer: Don Hector Leal
Farm/Area: La Concepción
Region: Chimaltenango
Country: Guatemala
Varietal: H1 (Centroamericano)
Elevation: 1525 - 1625 masl
Suggested Brewing: Any way really - delicacy is superb as a filter, but absolutely delicious as espresso
Farm and Producer Details
Farm and Producer Details
Around the turn of the 20th century (1890), don Anacleto Marroquin, a first-generation coffee producer, in an attempt to benefit from the boom of the coffee industry that resulted from the enactment of policies of the central government which favored this industry, bought Finca Esperanza, in the valley of Acatenango, together with his wife Higinia Melendez.
The original farm was about 250 hectares in size. In 1910, don Anacleto’s daughter Maria Natalia and her husband Maximiliano Perez inherited the farm, and started planting it anew. All of the production in the following decades was transported with donkeys and mules to the town of Acatenango, a two-and-a-half-hour-long trip, to be processed in one of the few wet mills in the area. It was not until 1956 when Maximiliano built their own wet mill in the farm and started to introduce Caturra as the main varietal in the farm. In 1968 Finca La Esperanza won 2nd prize of the national competition for coffees grown above 4000 ft. In 1978, Maria Natalia and Maximiliano’s daughters Berta and Julia inherit the farm and manage it for another 3 decades, selling part of it in the process, before finally selling the farm to don Hector Leal in the early 2010’s. Today, formerly known as La Esperanza, Finca Concepción is comprised of 100 hectares and the owner, putting his 65+ years of coffee work and knowledge to use, has transformed the farm with new growing methods and varietals which include H1, H3, Casiopea, Gesha, Ethiopean Dwarf, Pink Bourbon, amongst others, producing an exquisite cup of coffee.
Source of Green Coffee Beans
Source of Green Coffee Beans
Caribbean Goods
About Caribbean Goods
Ethical Green Coffee Importer
Caribbean Goods specialise in importing green coffee to the UK and is based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Their primary goal is to promote completely transparent trading, ensuring truly ethical coffee. They achieve this by sourcing coffee directly from farmers they have personally met, which allows them to circumvent the industry issues that many farmers face and provide them with the fair work and pay they deserve. The commitment to quality means they supply only the finest green coffee beans to roasters throughout the UK.
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