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EL QUETZAL-GUATEMALA

$19.99

Process: Semi-Washed

PACAMARA  coffee is a varietal coffee that crossed two existing types of Arabica beans: Pacas and Maragogype. Pacamara is getting new attention due to adventurous coffee drinkers always looking for new, intriguing flavors. It features floral notes like blackberry  and complex fruit flavors like nectarine with cacao test

our coffee growing region is located in eastern Guatemala along the border with mexico. An ideal climate and clay and metamorphic volcanic soils result in high quality coffee with a distinct acidity and good body.

ABOUT PACAMARA HISTORY

Pacamara, a hybrid of Pacas and Maragogipe, was the culmination of 30 years of research in El Salvador. Pacas, named after the family that discovered this natural mutation of the highly regarded Bourbon variety on their farm in 1956, is a short, hearty tree that is resilient to wind and climate fluctuations, and tends to produce high yields. Pacamara retains the large beans of the Maragogipe but typically produces a deeper, more complex cup. Pacamara was officially rolled out by the Salvadoran Institute for Coffee Research (ISIC) in the 1980s.

and Guatemala owes its distinctive, mountainous topography, lush rain forests, biodiversity and its coffee to massive volcanic activity. Volcanic peaks and mountains roll across the country and carve out Guatemala’s unique coffee growing regions

 

        COFFEE INFO:

  • VARIETY: PACAMARA - BOURBON
  • CUPPING : BLACKBERRY - NECTARINE - CACAO
  • BODY: MEDIUM
  • ACIDITY: MEDIUM 
  • PROCESS: SEMI-WASHED


SIZE

SELECT WHOLE BEANS OR CHOICE GRIND

Variants and availability
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How to brew

TasteMatch starting point · medium roast

V60 / pour-over

For this medium roast, pour-over is a balanced starting point for clarity and sweetness. Adjust grind and extraction using Hoffmann and Gagné’s guidance.

V60 / pour-over

Clean, bright, and sweet. The pour-over that shows off a coffee's origin.

Ratio
60 g/L (15 g : 250 g)
Grind
Medium-fine
Water
Just off the boil, ~93–100°C
Time
≈ 3:00–3:30
  1. Rinse the paper filter with hot water and discard the rinse water.
  2. Bloom with about twice the coffee's weight in water, then swirl and wait 45 seconds.
  3. Pour the rest in steady stages up to the full weight.
  4. Give it a gentle swirl so the bed drains flat and evenly.

Recipe references: James Hoffmann, Jonathan Gagné

Tasting notes & sources

Extraction, simply

Sour or thin coffee usually means under-extraction, so grind finer or brew longer. Bitter or drying coffee usually means over-extraction, so grind coarser or brew shorter. Change one variable at a time. Research from UC Davis's Coffee Center and Jonathan Gagné's writing explains the physics behind these rules.

Tasting like a cupper

Professional tasters score coffee on fragrance and aroma, flavor, aftertaste, acidity, body, balance, sweetness, uniformity and clean cup, following the SCA cupping protocol. You can borrow the same habit at home: smell the dry grounds, then the wet crust, then taste the coffee hot, warm and cool. Flavor opens up as the cup cools, so don't judge it in the first sip.

Using the flavor wheel

The SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel, built on the World Coffee Research Sensory Lexicon, works from the inside out. Start in the center with broad families — fruity, sweet, nutty/cocoa, floral, spicy, roasted — then move outward to specifics like berry, citrus, caramel or jasmine. If a coffee tastes "fruity," ask what kind of fruit. Naming flavors gets easier the more deliberately you compare cups side by side.

Acidity, body and sweetness

Acidity is brightness, not sourness: think citrus, apple or wine-like sparkle, and it's prized in high-grown coffees. Body is the weight on your tongue, from tea-like to syrupy. Sweetness signals ripe fruit and a clean roast. When a brew tastes flat or harsh, adjust the extraction first, then revisit what you taste.