Coffee Description
There is a pronounced difference between the flavor profiles of Guatemalan coffees from Antigua and Huehuetenango. While the coffees we buy from Antigua are renowned for their orange acidity and chocolate undertones, we buy Huehue coffees for their tropical brightness, light body, and flavor complexity.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Light/Medium
Variety
Bourbon
Process
Washed
Elevation
1,800 masl
Region
Huehuetenango
About Itiel Vásquez of Guatemala
This micro-lot from Itiel Vásquez and his family near Hoja Blanca, is grown with extreme attention to detail to every aspect of farming and processing. The coffee is hand-picked, hand sorted, and dried in small lots in raised beds, as well as on their patio. The lot is a mix of Bourbon and Catuai varieties and grown on their farm near 1,800 masl. The view from their farm to the surrounding mountains and community is stunning.
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Cat & Cloud
Based in the west coast beach town of Santa Cruz, CA, Cat & Cloud Coffee was started by long-time coffee professionals Chris Baca, Jared Truby, and Charles Jack. Chris and Jared hold five Top-5 finishes in the US Barista, Brewer's Cup, and Latte Art Competitions between them. Begun as a podcast and an online webstore in 2015, Cat & Cloud opened their first retail location September of 2016.
With a vision “To Change the Way the World Does Business,” they created and currently run the most-listened to/watched Coffee-related Podcast and YouTube channel in the US. Whether it’s previous work in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan as part of TechnoServe's East Africa Coffee Initiative, making sure their team members are well taken care of and sending them to origin, to developing relationships with coffee producer partners based on repeatable quality scores, not the volatility of the C-market.
Working to be content creators, information sharers, and industry leaders, they strive “to learn, grow, and create a community that feels good to EVERYONE, not just to the few people at the top.”
