Boater - Single Origin - Guatemala
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Origin: La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Cultivar: Caturra & Bourbon
Process: Washed
Farm/Producer: La Bolsa, Vides Family
Tasting Notes: Red Apple, Flat Peach, Fudge, Cacao
Boater is our coffee for people who like their filter coffee to have complex flavours and bold aromatics. Designed to be suitable for all filter brewing techniques, this beautiful coffee boasts tasting notes of Red Apple, juicy Flat Peach, creamy Fudge and Cacao.
La Bolsa is RFA certified & follows C.A.F.E practices guidelines. Coffee Care funded the construction of a school and nursery at the farm, with fully trained, full time teachers. All of the temporary and permanent staff have access to schooling for their children, and they are incentivised to leave their children at school or nursery through food donations. When a child attends school or nursery for 5 consecutive days they receive a weekly supply of rice, beans and corn.
Prior to this food ration scheme it was very difficult to get people to leave their children in the care of others, and schooling wasn’t necessarily valued as there is a greater pressure on earning more money to feed the family. As a result there are no children working in the farm, and the school and nursery classes are full. Accommodation is provided for permanent and temporary workers, with separate facilities for men and women and families, bathrooms and kitchens.
Finca La Bolsa was bought by Jorge Vides, a distinguished medical professional, in 1958. Prior to this the land wasn’t used for coffee production. Jorge won a number of awards for coffee production and for services to the region of Huehuetenango, and had the main hospital in the coffee growing community named after him.
La Bolsa competed in the 2002 Cup Of Excellence competition and placed second, scoring 94.98. La Bolsa sits between two mountains, which provide a very stable, humid microclimate. This combined with the limestone rich soils give the coffee a very unique profile, with a rich syrupy body and plenty of malic and citric acidity.
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