GUATEMALA IXBAN #931

Curator's Notes

Pretty peachy! The new, sweet Guatemala Ixban is a juicy sip of peaches and cream. Freshly arrived to our friends at Broadcast Coffee, Ixban is everything we love about this year’s exceptional, fruit-forward Guatemalans. A round, caramel body, like butterscotch candy, fills this cup, with notes of sugary peach and vanilla cream. The finish delves into a lush backbone of chocolate syrup, lingering on your tongue. As it cools, the fruity notes feel rosy, like pink apples or subtle bubblegum. Simply put, we can’t get enough.

Roaster's Notes

Ixban is a group of eight smallholder producers in Huehuetenango, within the region of San Pedro Necta. All of the producers have been working in coffee their whole lives and rely on it for their entire income. Their high average altitude means their harvest is somewhat later in the season, peaking in the beginning of March, which is when most of the lower farms are finishing their year's harvest up. The harvest tends to come in two main "rounds," as the trees mature: The coffee is handpicked and sorted by the families, who also depulp and ferment the coffee and dry it on their own personal patios before bringing it to the Bella Vista dry mill for hulling and sorting.