Guatemala / San Martin Asproguate Organic
Regular price
$18.00
This Certified Organic coffee is grown in the San Martin Jilotepeque municipality in the central highlands of Guatemala, an area rich in Mayan history and living culture. Easy-drinking, approachable and versatile, this medium roast has notes of milk chocolate and brown sugar, mild acidity and a smooth, creamy finish. It's great as an everyday drip preparation, but its chocolately flavor and low acidity make for a fine espresso, too.
The Asproguate Co-op was formed in 2014 to promote sustainable and organic farming practices among its more than 100 members, 90% of whom belong to the indigenous Cakchiquel and Tzutujil ethnic groups and more than half are women. The cooperative runs monthly educational programs on best practices including organic farming techniques, shade cover planting, erosion prevention, gender equality and ethical labor standards.
ROAST LEVEL: Medium
ORIGIN: Guatemala
PRODUCER: Asproguate Co-op
FARM: Various
VARIETY: Caturra, Catuai
PROCESS: Washed
REGION: San Martin Jilotepeque
ALTITUDE: 1100-1600 masl
Regular price
$18.00
This Certified Organic coffee is grown in the San Martin Jilotepeque municipality in the central highlands of Guatemala, an area rich in Mayan history and living culture. Easy-drinking, approachable and versatile, this medium roast has notes of milk chocolate and brown sugar, mild acidity and a smooth, creamy finish. It's great as an everyday drip preparation, but its chocolately flavor and low acidity make for a fine espresso, too.
The Asproguate Co-op was formed in 2014 to promote sustainable and organic farming practices among its more than 100 members, 90% of whom belong to the indigenous Cakchiquel and Tzutujil ethnic groups and more than half are women. The cooperative runs monthly educational programs on best practices including organic farming techniques, shade cover planting, erosion prevention, gender equality and ethical labor standards.
ROAST LEVEL: Medium
ORIGIN: Guatemala
PRODUCER: Asproguate Co-op
FARM: Various
VARIETY: Caturra, Catuai
PROCESS: Washed
REGION: San Martin Jilotepeque
ALTITUDE: 1100-1600 masl
Adaptive Agriculture
We source these coffees from producers who embrace, and sometimes invent, farm-level best practices for climate adaptation and mitigation such as emission reduction, agroforestry, intercropping, water conservation, regenerative agriculture, waste recapture, mycorrhizae, and many others.
Adopting new practices can be expensive and risky, especially for smallholder farmers. Every pound of their beans we roast helps to ensure the long-term survival of their farm, family, and way of life.
Community Initiatives
In many of the places it is grown, coffee is the core of the local economy; with some help, income from its cultivation can support not just a single farm but an entire community.
Our "Community Initiatives" coffees represent various programs designed to improve living standards at a hyper-local level with input from the people who live there. These include water filtration systems, financing micro-loans, purchasing livestock, and funding K-12 schools, among others. These programs help to promote stability, self-sufficiency and resiliency in a rapidly changing world.
Air Roasted to Perfection
We use 100% electric, clean air roasting for our coffees.
Air roasting works by suspending the beans in a column of hot air, allowing them to roast more evenly and consistently without picking up unwanted flavors or defects that can happen with drum roasters. Our roasters are designed to produce safe, low-temperature, clean exhaust without filters, catalyzers or afterburners.
Altogether, this means that we can roast clean-tasting coffees more consistently using less energy and with lower emissions than conventional methods.
Circular Packaging
Our coffee cans are manufactured in the USA from 100% domestically sourced steel.
Why steel? Unlike plastic and paper, it's infinitely recyclable and is recovered at a higher rate (72%) than any other food packaging material. It's also the ideal barrier for keeping oxygen, moisture and light away from the beans inside. This, plus an integrated valve, means our coffee stays fresher longer.
