Legado – Red De Mujeres Organic – 1kg

Description

This organic Guatemalan coffee from our friends at Legado is archetypal in its flavours but unique in its story. It was produced by an association exclusively comprised of women coffee growers – quite a rarity in the industry almost anywhere in the world. You can read a bit more information about its producers below, but we think its flavours alone are reason enough to want to try it.
Despite a fairly well developed medium roast, this coffee still retains some elegant and delicate characteristics with a honey sweetness and pleasant nutty flavours that reminded us most of toasted hazelnut. It’s unquestionably a versatile coffee but we actually enjoyed it best in a simple plunger brew – unadulterated by much filtration or pressure, and simply allowed to show its natural characteristics.
Roaster’s notes
Tasting notes: Blackberry, Cherry, PineappleRoast: Medium
The Red de Mujeres, or ‘network of women’, is a large group of female coffee producers covering five different areas of Huehuetenango. The group is made up of 830 women, but this particular lot comes from the San Antonio Huista area and is the product of 50 producers. Within the entire community of women there are 8 different Mayan languages spoken, highlighting the diversity of culture and language in this area of Guatemala.All of these women have been either widowed during the 36 years of civil war in Guatemala, or were left when their husbands fled the country during the coffee crisis between 2001 and 2004. Since Huehuetenango was one of the areas hardest hit by the crisis, many people decided to give up altogether and find work elsewhere, leaving their families behind.With the help of ACODIHUE, these female producers have been united to market their coffee and find international buyers. ACODIHUE has also supported them in training in organic farming methods, from producing and applying fertilizers, to rust and pest control methods. Falcon has started working with ACODIHUE to improve the quality of production even further, starting with Red de Mujeres.
Coffee details

Producer: ACODIHUE
Varietal: Pache, Bourbon, Caturra
Processing Method: Fully washed
Region: San Antonio Huista, Huehuetenango
Country: Guatemala
Elevation: 1,600 – 1,850m

SCA Score: 86