Coffee Description
This coffee offers an initial brewed aroma of floral drinking chocolate and coats the mouth with a buttery almond flavor and a lasting and uniform finish (a sign of a high-quality coffee) and notes of pipe tobacco and molasses.
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Medium
Variety
Caturra
Process
Washed
Elevation
1500 masl
Region
Alotenango
About Luis Pedro Zelaya Jr. of Guatemala
A large-ish farm at the base of Volcan de Fuego, an active volcano near the southern tip of Guatemala, Finca Candelaria had been badly managed until Luis Pedro Zelaya Sr. took ownership and began the process of updating the farm, revitalizing his trees, and experimenting with processes.
Peaberry is a special defect that occurs when instead of two separate coffee cherries inside the sweet fruit, one denser, roundish bean is born. Prized by coffee drinkers for its intense flavor, Finca Candelaria's peaberry has been carefully hand-sorted from the other cherries for an end result of around 700 pounds for this harvest season (a very small amount).
Alotenango, Guatemala
Mast Coffee Co.
Many coffee roasters start as a cafe and segue into roasting, but the two 23-year-old entrepreneurs who founded Mast Coffee Co. in 2013 had a different vision. Roseville, California (just outside of Sacramento) needed quality coffee, and Mast would provide it. Begun as a wholesale company with a focus on both outstanding coffees and customer service, Mast Coffee Co. quickly grew and will soon be opening a retail café.
Michael Sanchez and Stephen Mentze started Mast Coffee Co. in a garage, but quickly grew to a 3,500 sq. foot facility where they roast during the day and jam at night (both are accomplished drummers). From roasting on a popcorn popper to acquiring a 1989 Probat L12, these dedicated coffee dudes are building a family around great coffee and caring service in Northern California.
