Coffee Description
Raw wildflower honey and pear mingle with flavor notes of plum and raisin. Craft root beer also comes to mind. It's sweet, lively, and balanced with interesting an complexity and a hint of cedar/lemongrass in the finish. Great for both brewing and espresso.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light/Medium
Variety
Yellow Bourbon
Process
Washed
Elevation
1700 masl
Region
Antigua
About Fernando of Guatemala
Finca Retana was started by an order of friars and took its name from their leader, Father Retana. Originally producing rapadura (a Guatemalan candy) and milk cattle, in 1932, it passed into the private sector and due time into the hands of Fernando Cofino. Fernando has experimented with growing corn and avocados, but now his main crop is coffee.
20 families live at Finca Retana, where they have electricity, drinkable water. Each permanent employee can also sow and work 3.46 acres for their own use. In addition, there is a school where children from the farm and the neighboring village attend.
With such innovations as a worm farm to convert coffee pulp to organic fertilizer and replanting of native trees, Fernando continues to pursue excellence in cultivation, processing, and social responsibility. Case Coffee Roasters visited Finca Retana this past spring, cupped coffees there, and fell in love with this super sweet Yellow Bourbon microlot.
Antigua, Guatemala
Case Coffee Roasters
At the ripe old age of 21, high school sweethearts Tim and Kati Case married in January, 2006, and promptly opened Case Coffee Roasters in Ashland, Oregon. Winners of the 2013 and 2015 Good Food Awards and a finalist in 2016, Tim and Kati’s mission is to source the world’s most sweet, clean, and complex coffees. They are dedicated to making great coffee selections and offering good prices to the farmers, often paying two to three times Fair Trade prices.
When they’re not living and breathing coffee, you might find Tim and Kati exploring the Pacific Northwest with their six-year-old son, Yonnie: surfing, snowboarding, fly fishing, hiking, and mountain biking.
