JBC Coffee Roasters Bella Carmona Guatemala

Bella Carmona Guatemala
Coffee producer Luis Pedro Zelaya has four generations of Guatemalan coffee culture pulsing through his veins. His reputation for producing world-class coffees is drawn from his ability to implement precise farm management and post-harvest processing decisions. The process starts at the Zelaya’s family farm, Hacienda Carmona. where plant nutrition, pruning, and pest management are...
read more superb, which results in a selection of exquisite coffee cherries. At Bella Vista, the location of the wet and dry-mills, Luis Pedro and his team meticulously process fully traceable lots by harvest date, location, variety, and altitude. Coffee is depulped, fermented, and washed in a very traditional process that has been perfected over the last 100 years. Then the coffee is gradually dried in a controlled environment designed to protect cup quality. Raised drying beds and sensor-controlled airflow permit a more uniform drying process and an additional opportunity for hand sorting parchment as it dries. The same focus on sorting and quality control is executed through to the final export stage.

*PLEASE NOTE: JBC no longer puts roast dates on their bags but guarantee shipment within 48 hours of roasting your coffee. If the roast date is important, you can make a request via [email protected] She will contact JBC and request that they write it on the bag.

Roast:	Light
Body:	Lush
Acidity:	Crisp
Notes:	Apple juice, orange blossom, milk chocolate
Farm: Hacienda Carmona Farmer: Luis Pedro Zelaya Elevation: 1500-1650 meters Location: Sacatepequez, Antigua, Guatemala Varietal: Caturra and Bourbon Process: Washed Click for more factoids.