A versatile Guatemalan coffee with caramel body, mellow cantaloupe sweetness and some almond flavour. Ritual have sourced this washed process lot from Finca San Lorenzo, which sits high in the lush mountains of Cobán near the town of San Cristóbal Verapaz. Since buying the land for their second farm in 1987, the Valdés family have developed it from just one small plot of coffee into twenty large lots that cover 110 hectares.

Don Luis and his son Luis manage the day to day running and agricultural programme of the farm, where they must carefully select varieties that perform well under Cobán’s uniquely humid climate, which encompasses a misty and rainy season rather than a dry and rainy season. Around half of San Lorenzo is planted with Sarchimor- a Timor Hybrid cultivar that is highly resistant to leaf rust and other disease but provides excellent cup quality as seen in this Catuai, Caturra and Sarchimor blend.

We think this one would work well however you brew, but that multilayered flavour really shines with Aeropress brewing.