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Guatemala produces some of the world’s finest and most distinctive coffees. The country’s unique coffee producing regions have gained a positive and well known reputation in the industry. Coffee is Guatemala’s number one export contributing to the country’s growing economic status.<\/span><\/p>\n

Produced from multiple farmers delivering to the Fedecocagua Co-operative, this coffee is blended expertly to create the very best of what\u2019s available at any given moment. Established in 1969, FEDECOCAGUA is a cooperative organisation with 20,000 members. Seventy percent of co-op members are members of indigenous groups from various regions of Guatemala, including Huehuetenango, Cob\u00e1n, Verapaces, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, and Zacapa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This quality coffee contains notes of dark chocolate and cherries. It consistently produces a flavour that is sweet, round in body, and of medium acidity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full City Roast<\/span><\/p>\n

A bit about the classification:<\/span><\/p>\n

SHB stands for “Strictly Hard Bean” meaning that the plants have been grown in high altitudes and the beans are considered to be of high quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

European Preparation (EP) indicates that a coffee has undergone additional hand sorting on top of standard machine-based optical sorting. The term originated with European import markets that historically required a higher standard of defect removal than automated sorting alone could achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn’t define a specific defect count – it tells you that trained hand-sorters went through the coffee after the optical sorter, catching defects the machine missed. That typically includes partial defects, irregular shapes, and subtly discoloured beans that optical systems handle less reliably than obviously black or white material.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is worth noting that EP is a signal of additional care at the mill level. It’s not a formal certification and so not all EP designations are equal – the quality of hand sorting varies significantly by facility. So this is where we step in to research, the best we can, the mills that this takes place in.<\/span><\/p>\n

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