Coffee Description
Rich cherry-chocolate and sweet apple aromas lead into flavor notes of strawberry jam laced with red grape and caramel sweetness. Creamy body, bright, pink grapefruit acidity, and a soft hazelnut finish round out the cup.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light
Variety
Other
Process
Washed
Elevation
1800 masl
Region
About Juan Diego de la Cerda of Guatemala
Finca El Socorro was once part of Hacienda San Guayaba, founded in 1905 by Antonio López Colom. It passed through several hands before being brought back to the original family. Juan de la Cerda Colom began growing coffee there in 1980, and now, along with his son, Juan Diego, the Colom family are producing specialty coffees that place regularly in Cup of Excellence competitions.
Juan Diego grows several different varieties of coffee. This “Santa Teresa” lot sits on a steep, west-facing slope extending to the crest of the hill on the southwestern side of the farm. This section of the farm is planted to a hybrid of a the giant Maragogype bean and the more traditional and sweet Caturra variety, yielding a coffee that is delicate, flavorful, and sweet.These coffee shrubs and shade trees were pruned back in 2014. Increased sunshine and colder night temperatures have given the coffee an even sweeter flavor profile.
PT's Coffee Roasting Co.
Topeka Kansas, 1993: an unlikely place and time for one of the most groundbreaking Direct Trade coffee companies in the world to be founded, but that's just what Fred Polzin and Jeff Taylor did. PT's Coffee Roasting Co.'s slogan is, "Without the love, it's just coffee.", and they certainly live up to it. (In fact, Jeff married a Colombian coffee pro, Maritza, now Director of Quality Control for PT's).
PT's Coffee Roasting Co. has won many awards, including Roast Magazine's 2009 "Roaster of the Year" and a 2012 Good Food Award medal. Building on a history so solid, PT's is pushing into the future of the coffee industry with promise and momentum.
