The Coffee
Farm- Finca Villaure, Punta Del Cerro
Processing- Washed
Varietal- Pacamara
Tasting- Raspberry, Almond, Meyer Lemon
The Producer:
Rodin Villatoro
Getting to meet Rodin open our eyes play the future of specialty coffee. While he has inherited so much conventional and generational wisdom is family's business, he also brings to the table scholastic and agronomic professionalism does bringing Family Farm to new levels. after getting his degree from University of San Carlos in Huehuetenango, Rodin returned to his farm to implement new practices the enhanced the quality at the Villatoro family has long been known for. what makes the story special for us is getting to see their progress and development indifferent lots and processing methods direct benefactors of.
For example, by using the flowing river that runs through the Villatoro property, have a more economic and ecological way to harvest water and coffee, play the benefit of using water that carries abundant mineral volcanic terroir from the region. Additionally, Rodin and his team continue to upgrade the way that they're leveraging natural and anaerobic processing for several of their lots. His scholastic rigor mixed wise coffee legacy is set up well to produce some Guatemala's greatest coffees
The Importer:
Onyx Coffee Importer (Bellingham, WA)
Onyx Coffee importers has been one of the most fundamental and supportive parts of our growth as a roasting company. Based out of Bellingham Washington, and founded by 3rd generation farmer Edwin Martinez, Onyx facilitates incredible relationships from Guatemala to various markets across the world.
This relationship, for us, is one of those treasured havens in a very volatile world in that their work from curation, to QC, to logistics, to customer service and just plain friendship has continued to inspire us to carry on and stay true to our roots a specialty-focused company.
So much to say about Onyx and their team, but we love to highlight this rad video that showcases Edwin's farm and heart for the coffee industry.
The Roast
The Brew
The Perspective
It's hard not to pick favorites in this industry! But, the Villatoro family might make the top of that list if were to exist. starting with a visit to their farm in 2023, play instantly became very aware of the quality and legacy of this farm and family. Objectively, watch Guatemalan coffees might just be one of our favorite profiles to start with. integrate high quality varietals drowning processed and really precise environments from people that are some of the most kind and intelligent and the industry it easily makes a cup of coffee absolutely excellent.
the Pacamara is a big bean and it's known for its complex citric indelicate tasting, which is easily discernible this coffee from Rodin Villatoro. and the Advent of advanced processing fermentation, a traditional wash process coffee what's a special place in our industry. Not because of the more balanced and approachable sensory impact, does the legacy of many generations of coffee growers way of doing their work.
That being said, we hope you enjoy this beautiful washed Pacamara from Rodin Villatoro. It's a coffee, farm, people, and profile we know and love very much!
