Guatemala, Las Moritas

Sensory Profile: Tropical fruit, mango, coffee pulp, cherry jam. Intense and heavy body with long-lasting reverberant taste of caramel.

Producer: D. Higinio and Dª. dawn

Region: Sierra Las Minas

Altitude: 1,200 - 1,800 masl

Farm: Las Moritas

Process: Washing

Varietal: Red Pacamara Finca Las Moritas.

Don Higinio and Doña Aurora The Las Moritas farm is located at 1,200-1,800 masl in the department of El Progreso in the Sierras de Las Minas region of Guatemala.

Las Moritas has 70 hectares of land, with 56 hectares dedicated to coffee, mainly the Bourbon, Caturra, Pacamara and Castillo varieties, which are grown under shade trees.  

The farm is owned by Don Higinio and his wife Doña Aurora, who bought their first piece of land back in 1988, calling it San José Las Moritas. Las Moritas was the first of many farms that Don Higinio has acquired over the years. He started with less than one hectare of land, and the first coffee seeds he planted there were given to him by his father.