Notes from the curator

Juan Luis Barrios Ortega grows these Pache varietal trees at 1850 meters above sea level on his family's farm, El Retiro del Quisaya. 4 years ago, Juan Luis constructed a wet mill on the El Retiro farm to process his coffee cherries. However, this coffee is not the norm for Guatemala where most coffee's are washed. This lot has been selected for processing in the Natural or Dry method. Where the cherry is dried fully intact to produce a much more fruited cup.