The cup exhibits - very clean cup, bright with a soft grape acidity and a caramel sweetness that lingers in the finish.
This is a great decaf - a firm winner with us in the roastery
Per 250g pack - not the usual smaller 227g
Additional information:
Coffee: Palo Blanco - Swisswater Decaf
Farm: Finca El Socorro
Varietal(s): Bourbon
Processing: Fully washed, sun dried on patio
Owner: Juan de la Cerda
City/Town: San Jose Pinula
Region: Palencia
Country: Guatemala
Finca El Socorro is located in the municipality of Palencia around 50 kilometers outside of Guatemala City.
Dr. Mario de la Cerda and his wife Maria Colom de la Cerda bought the farm in1968. In 1980 their son Juan de la Cerda Colom took over and began to plant coffee. This is the fourth generation of owners. Juan de la Cerda and his son Juan Diego are now in charge of producing one of the best coffees to be found in Guatemala.
El Socorro’s success is the result of a strict quality control throughout the whole process, from the management of the plantation, to the picking and the wet milling. The farm has an efficient ecological wet mill. It depulps coffee cherries dry, then transports the coffee and its pulp mechanically and recycles the water in the process. Then, the water is treated with cleaning production techniques, before allowing it back into the watertable.
Cupping Notes:
Clean cup: 7
Sweetness: 6
Acidity: 7
Mouthfeel: 6
Flavor: 7
Aftertaste: 7
Balance: 7
Overall: 7
Correction: +36
Total (max 100) 90
Brewing Notes:
Filtered: Yes
Espresso: No
Cupping Notes:
Taste is a very personal experience and the cupping notes for this coffee interpret what we feel best describes its flavour profile; a description to communicate the essential nature of the coffee using a style of language that people can relate to.
When we cup as a group, we do not confer with each other during the cupping session, our cupping notes are kept personal until the cupping is over. This way everyone’s cupping notes stay devoid of contamination from the rest of the group.
Once each person’s notes are established and then discussed in the group we are able to form a profile from consensus – and moreover denounce any rogue taste that does not concur with general opinion.
To fully understand a coffee there is a need for it to be compared with another – as each geographical region can be said to have its own particular base flavour or expected profile. What tastes set a Guatemalan coffee apart from a Nicaraguan or a coffee from El Salvador.
If a cupper knows he/she is cupping a coffee from Kenya there is an expectation of a base profile before tasting the coffee – you know in the majority of cases it’s going to be bright and full of fruit - however just when you think you have a region sussed, a coffee pops up that throws any preconceived expectations out of the window.
The best thing to have when cupping coffee is an open mind.
Product Reviews
Average Rating (5 Reviews)
Darell Miller | 07/12/2011Simply the best decaf that you can order for the home in the UK.
Rob Bray | 01/12/2011Lovely coffee, we now use it all the time.
Alison Marsh | 29/11/2011Best decaf I have ever had, gave a cup to my husband and he did not even know it was decaf its that good.
Catherine Hemming | 03/11/2011Super quality coffee, great value and delivery speed - now we are sleeping well too!
Kit Kingsbury | 01/11/2011I wish I'd found your site before paying for rubbish from a local store. Great tasting decaf and no bitterness !
