Guatemala Finca La Colina Espresso

Guatemala Finca La Colina Espresso

Guatemala Finca La Colina Espresso

We have been lucky enough to buy Guatemala Finca La Colina over a number of years. It is one of those coffees that delivers fantastic fruity coffee, year after year. La Colina regularly features in Chapin, too, our long-standing, darker roast Guatemalan espresso. Watch out for this in the filter section too, as it is equally delicious.

Top Trumps

Farm: La Colina

Region: Antigua

Town: San Martin

Owner: Tony Medina

Varietal: Caturra

Processing: Fully washed and sun-dried on patios.
Size of Finca: 179 Hectares

Coffee produced:4000 kg (avg. Year)

Elevation: 1,700 meters above sea level.

Temperature:16 – 23ºC

Shade Trees: Inga

Roast level: Espresso

Cup Potential:

Espresso:

I would suggest that this is a relatively easy coffee to set up for espresso. We used the lowest grade commercial-grade grinder in the roastery, to be realistic about many people’s home set-up and a refurbished espresso machine that has done 104,000 shots of coffee so far. We also had our apprentice brewing, too, and it still tasted great!

94C. 17-18g into 34-35g of espresso liquid in 27-32 seconds.

From the biggest drink downwards:

9oz Milk-based drink: Creamy and curranty.

6oz Milk-based drink: Cocoa, blackcurrants, hint of savoury.

Espresso 17-18g into 40-55g

We weren’t sure what to expect, with every season being slightly different. Soft, sweet currants, brown ripe sugars and cocoa. This is simple and delicious.

Let us know how you get on.