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Green Fact
Coffee forests protect soil
Guatemala's coffee forests prevent as much as 26 million tons of soil from eroding every year.
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El Injerto I
La Libertad, HUEHUETENANGO
 
 

The first owner of this farm was Mr. Jesus Aguirre Panama, who acquired it in 1874. He began cultivating sugar cane to produce crystallized sugar locally known as "panela", corn, beans, and tobacco. During 1900 he started planting coffee, and called this section EL INJERTO (The Grafting), since this was what started the agricultural development in the area. The current owner is Arturo Aguirre Escobar, representing the third generation of his family. He has worked the farm since 1956, when the production was approximately three hundred (300) bags of 100 pounds.

EL INJERTO has a total of four hundred and forty seven (447) hectares, most of them are between 1,500 and 2,000 meters (4,921.26 - 6,561.82 feet) above sea level, all planted with coffee, fruit orchards, basic grains and ornamental plants. The remaining hectares have been preserved as a thousand-year-old virgin forest, which gives the farm its special climate and adequate conditions to have clean water that springs directly from the mountains. In addition, it constitutes the perfect habitat for flora and fauna; and especially allows the production of coffee in an eco-system preserving our natural environment. The forest area surrounds the coffee plantations. The farm has an annual rainfall of 1800-200 mm per year a relative humidity of 75% and an average temperature of 73°C (23°C). The soils are volcanic, profound, well drained, and with high contents of organic matter.

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Farm profile

       

Geographic characteristics

Location: La Libertad, HUEHUETENANGO
Area: 447 ha
Altitude range: 5000 - 8000 feet
Type of soil and predominant element: Loamy
Shade trees: Inga

 

Climatic characteristics

Average temperature: 22°C
Annual rainfall: 1600mm
Relative humidity: 75%

 

Coffee production characteristics

Harvest season: January to April
Drying process: Sun and dryer
Mill: Wet and dry
Annual production:  (69-Kg bags)

 

Coffee lot to auction
Rank: 1

Coffee lot: 35.85 (35-Kg boxes)
Varieties: Pacamara

Cup characteristics

Sample: 912
Cupping description

Aroma/Flavor- prune, dark chocolate and red wine, floral, perfume, hibiscus spearmint, honey dew, passion fruit, vanilla-peach combination mandarin orange, explosive flavor Acidity- bright, big, brisk, with spine. grapefruit good structure, clean clear acidity, Notes- Big depth, multi dimensional, jasmine, complex, syrupy long aftertaste

Flavor Sweetness Acidity Clean Cup Finish Balance Mouth-Feel Overall
7.175 7 6.825 6.875 7.125 6.975 6.95 7.05
Score: 91.975
 
 

Previous Awards  


Cup of Excellence®2002, The Exceptional Cup®2004, The Exceptional Cup®2005, Cup of Excellence®2006, Cup of Excellence®2007, Cup of Excellence®2008, Cup of Excellence®2009, Cup of Excellence®2010

Cup of Excellence®2009 Presidential Award. Cup of Excellence®2010 Presidential Award.

 
 
 
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2009 Auction
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Auction Final Results

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Cup of Excellence®2009
Internet Auction
Participating Farms

El Injerto I
MONTECRISTO
LAS MACADAMIAS
ALOTEPEQUE
LA ESPERANZA
ASUVIM
PUERTA VERDE
LA PROVIDENCIA II
CARMONA
El Socorro y Anexos
SAN ANTONIO DE ESQUIPULAS Y ANEXO
EL LIBANO
ISNUL
EL MIRADOR
SANTA ANA
Granja El Tempixque
CLAIMA
EL VOLCAN RASPADO
SAN JULIAN
La Soledad y Anexo
SANTA CLARA Y ANEXOS
Santa Delfina y Anexos
Florencia y Anexo
 

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2009 Internet auction coverage

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