Hector Gonzalez of Guatemala came through to beat off the 37 other contestants and prove his coffee tasting expertise, becoming the 2010 World Cup Tasters Champion at the finals during the SCAE Event at Caffè Culture in London last week. Guatemala is showing beside its excellent coffee a world class people of baristas and tasters. Congrats Hector!
Fine acidity is a hallmark of gourmet coffee. Intensified with altitude, it is the cornerstone of coffee character. The acidity in Guatemala's high altitude coffee is wonderfully pronounced as you can taste in our P11 coffee.
A distinctive, typically pleasant smell found in a cup of coffee. The variety and complexity of aroma reflect the ways the different soils and climate patterns combine with the high mountain altitude to create a particular features. Guatemalan coffees are delightfully aromatic, often characterized as having delicated flowery, sweet and spicy notes. P11 is specially complex in the latter.
The Cup of Excellence is a strict competition that selects the very best coffee produced in that country for that particular year . These winning coffees are chosen by a select group of national and international cuppers and are cupped at least five different times during the competition process. The final winners are awarded the prestigious Cup of Excellence® and sold to the highest bidder during an internet auction. P11 is designed with coffee from high rated farms in such contest.
The Guatemala's airport is already open, we received the official DHL confirmation that cargo will begin to flow, sorry for any delay delivering P11 orders.
Guatemala has a rich variety of complex soils. Its amazing diversity of microclimates delivers coffee with very singular characteristics. We have selected the best and carefully cultivated Arabica beans from our fertile Highlands, harvested by skillful hands; it is blended among selected Guatemala's coffee regions and roasted very tenderly to deliver an exotic drink with complex flavors and an incomparable aroma. P11 will delight you by giving you an opportunity to recognize the subtleties of premium coffees coupled with an intense sensory experience.