Guatemala Buena Vista - Tabi Natural
Guatemala Buena Vista - Tabi Natural
Farm: Buena Vista
Producer: Fredy Orantes
Region: Santa Rosa, Fraijanes
Country: Guatemala
Process: Natural
Varietals: Tabi
Elevation: 1870 MASL
Roast Level: Light
Notes: Nectarine, Passion Fruit, Blackberry, Hibiscus
About this Lot:
Fredy loves experimenting with high quality varieties on the farm, and he pays careful attention to the cross-breeding of plants. This lot is Tabi, a high quality variety originally from Colombia, and Fredy planted 1500 of these plants on his farm as one of his many exciting variety experiments!
Fredy’s workers harvest this coffee at the peak of maturity and he places the cherries in a clean sack in a sunny spot for 48 hours to pre-ferment. Then, the cherries are moved to a raised drying bed to dry, which takes about 22 days. When fully dry, the coffee is transported to our dry mill in Santa Rosa.
Producer Info
Fredy Orantes is a true leader among the coffee growers of Santa Rosa, and has worked tirelessly to maintain high standards in the field and during the harvest in order to produce the best possible coffees. Fredy is an expert with both larger lots and small microlots, and every aspect of coffee picking and processing is done with care in order to ensure top quality.
Fredy is always thinking about sustainability on the farm. He actively cares for the variety of trees on the farm - grevillea and cuje are the most numerous but he also maintains other types of fruit trees and native trees. The soil is carefully maintained, and soil management includes the application of organic materials that have been composted such as fallen leaves and branches as well as coffee pulp. A variety of native animals and birds appear on the farm, and Fredy explains that the farm isn’t even fenced in; as in nature these creatures can come and go as they please!