Guatemala, Paulino Ramirez
Guatemala, Paulino Ramirez
Farmer: Paulino and Delfino Ramirez
Region: Rio Ocho, Huehuetenango
Processing: Washed
Varietals: Caturra & Bourbon
Flavour Notes: Dark chocolate, Creamy body, Toffee, Mild mandarin acidity
This is our second time having coffee from Paulino and Delfino Ramirez. This coffee was sourced by our friends at Shared Source Green Coffee Agents and it is a total crowd pleaser. This coffee has a very approachable flavour profile with very prominent chocolate notes with a creamy, heavy body. There is some mild acidity but it is more reminiscent of a sweet mandarin orange.
A note from Shared Source About Paulino and Delfino:
This coffee comes from Paulino and Delfino Ramirez, from their farm in the township of Tuipocomal, near the shores of the Río Ocho in the Todos Santos Cuchumatán municipality in the department of Huehuetenango.
Paulino is a long-term member of the ASODIETT cooperative, though he migrated many years ago to the United States to find work and live with his brothers, and he sends money back to his children at home. Paulino’s son Delfino has taken over the management of the farm, and Delfino recently became a member of the ASODIETT cooperative as well. Though he is a new member, he’s quite active, and he was recently elected to be president of the cooperative.
The group has designated two members (Fernando Santos and Vicente Calmo) who are in charge of their bio-lab; they make a fermented foliar from the pulp of the leaves of a local plant called Horsetail, steeped in water. Mixed with decomposed coffee pulp, manure, and the leaf litter of native leguminous trees, producers use this product as a fertilizer, and as a way to return microorganisms and nutrients to the soil to keep trees resilient and healthy.
The group also collectively purchases organic fertilizers and distributes them to members in accordance with the amount of parchment coffee that each producer sells to the cooperative. Paulino and Delfino use both the organic fertilizer that the cooperative distributes to them, and they purchase some fertilizer as well.