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Filter: Guatemala La Pila Natural Pacamara
Filter: Guatemala La Pila Natural Pacamara
This coffee comes fro our friends from Primavera. Rodolfo and Reina are the proud owners of La Pila farm. When he was young, he inherited a plot of land so he could start his own farm. La Pila refers to a water tank located on the farm. Pacamara is a mutation of Pacas and Maragogype, giving great flavours like tropical fruits, strawberry and toffee. Amazing stuff.
Rodolfo has basically been in coffee for his whole life. When he was young, he used to work on farms as a co ee picker to earn money. And when he was 25 years old, he inherited a plot of land from his father, so that he could start his own farm business. Little by little he managed to make steps ahead, increase the volume of his coffee, and invest in another plot of land.
He names his farm ‘La Pila’, which is a tank for water in this context, as he found a small water source on his farm. He made a small cement tank and decided to use this as a reference for his farm. Water is very scarce and precious in this region. Rodolfo is very eager to improve the practices on his farm, to keep learning and innovating. He’d like to have a soil analysis done at his farm, so to optimize the root and foliar systems of his plants with adequate nutrition.
He also plans to keep investing in the processing area. He came up with a genius system to depulp the coffee with a bicycle! Since 2017 Primavera has been working with him on honey and natural processing and they are thrilled by the results. We cupped this coffee in August and were completely sold with its vibrant tastes.
The coffee is picked, washed and dried on raised beds for 7-10 days, before being depulped.
The Pacamara coffee varietal is a creation of the Salvadoran Institute for Coffee Research (ISIC) back in 1958, which resulted from the crossing of Pacas and the Maragogipe varietals. The Pacas is a natural mutation of the Bourbon varietal, as determined by research conducted by scientists of the University of Florida. The Pacas trees are shorter in size, have tighter internodes, and develop a compact foliage which help it endure tough climate conditions like tough winds, sunlight, and water scarcity. It is a real trooper; it is highly resistant to diseases, adapts to many growing conditions, and provides high production yields. The Maragogipe is a mutation of the Typica varietal. The Maragogipe trees grow very tall in size and they produce some of the largest coffee seeds. This varietal does not produce high yields but the cup quality is remarkable.