Nicolás Ramírez - Guatemala

JUICY & SWEET
Peach, Raspberry Sweet Tea & Lemon Shortbread

FARM NAME: Finca Quejna
REGION: Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango
PROCESS: Washed
VARIETY: Caturra

This coffee from Nicolás Ramírez is a sweet and complex fruit-bomb. The cup starts off with notes of fresh peach and raspberry sweet tea. Wrapped around the fruit notes, we’re picking up a creaminess that reminds us of ripe persimmon. All of this fruitiness is supported with a buttery foundation of lemon scented shortbread.

Nicolás Ramírez owns Finca Quejna in the village of Concepción Huista. The land has been in his family for many years, and was converted to a coffee farm to act as their only crop for sale. The farm is planted with multiple varieties, but this lot is exclusively made up of caturra. Many of the farms on this mountain have very limited access to fresh water. It is common to find producers here that are not able to fully rinse their “washed” coffees and end up with a washed-honey hybrid. The complex and vibrant fruitiness of this coffee lead us to believe this cup is an example of that.

Our owner, Tony, has traveled to Concepción Huista mulitple times to judge best producer competitions. As a result coffees from this town hold a special place in our heart. It actually was on a trip here that the seeds of Silverbird started to take root.