GUATEMALA | FINCA BELLA VISTA - NATURAL
CURRENT ROAST | SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
BEST AFTER | 14 DAYS OFF ROAST
BEST BEFORE | 60 DAYS OFF ROAST
Farm Name | Finca Bella Vista
Producer | Don Arcenio Castillo
Region | Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Local Community | Hoja Blanca
Varietal | Bourbon, Caturra
Growing altitude | 1750 -1850 masl
Crop Year | 2023
Processing Method | Natural
Drying Methods | Covered raised beds
Sourcing | Onyx Coffee, Guatemala
Notes | In the cup, overripe strawberry, cherry, cola, smooth, supple body
Roast level | Light
300g / 10.6oz
Our packaging is 100% recyclable.
CURRENT ROAST | SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
BEST AFTER | 14 DAYS OFF ROAST
BEST BEFORE | 60 DAYS OFF ROAST
Farm Name | Finca Bella Vista
Producer | Don Arcenio Castillo
Region | Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Local Community | Hoja Blanca
Varietal | Bourbon, Caturra
Growing altitude | 1750 -1850 masl
Crop Year | 2023
Processing Method | Natural
Drying Methods | Covered raised beds
Sourcing | Onyx Coffee, Guatemala
Notes | In the cup, overripe strawberry, cherry, cola, smooth, supple body
Roast level | Light
300g / 10.6oz
Our packaging is 100% recyclable.
CURRENT ROAST | SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
BEST AFTER | 14 DAYS OFF ROAST
BEST BEFORE | 60 DAYS OFF ROAST
Farm Name | Finca Bella Vista
Producer | Don Arcenio Castillo
Region | Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Local Community | Hoja Blanca
Varietal | Bourbon, Caturra
Growing altitude | 1750 -1850 masl
Crop Year | 2023
Processing Method | Natural
Drying Methods | Covered raised beds
Sourcing | Onyx Coffee, Guatemala
Notes | In the cup, overripe strawberry, cherry, cola, smooth, supple body
Roast level | Light
300g / 10.6oz
Our packaging is 100% recyclable.
Double Fermented Caturra and Bourbon from Don Arcenio Castillo in Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Finca Bella Vista Finca Bella Vista is the perfect name for Don Arcenio Castillo's high mountainside farm overlooking the beautiful valley of Hoja Blanca. The mountain forests stretch to the south, west, and northwest, while the valleys of southeast Chiapas are visible to the northwest on a clear day.
Arcenio is the older brother of Wilmar Castillo, another producer partner at the neighboring Finca Vista Al Bosque. The brothers grew up in coffee, working on other producers' farms just out of primary school. They picked cherry with their father, Felino Castillo, where they grew up, in the mountains of La Cipresada, La Libertad, a couple hours' drive by truck from Hoja Blanca. Eventually, the family moved to Hoja Blanca to cultivate coffee on a small plot of land of their own. As both Wilmar and Arcenio came of age, they worked the family land and bought small neighboring plots themselves.
In 2008, Don Arcenio purchased the first plot of land he would call Bella Vista with a 3-year financing agreement. Over the next few years, he would buy adjoined lots to increase production, in addition to pruning old trees and strategically planting Caturra and Bourbon, which started at his family nursery. The farm benefits from fresh mountain ground springs, providing clean water for drinking and irrigation year-round and ample water for processing during the harvest season. The northwest-facing slopes of Bella Vista are shaded by Chalum and alder trees, with occasional old-growth pines and other native trees, which attract migratory birds. Altitudes range from 1750 to 1850 MASL.
Bella Vista has received increasing attention over the past few years as they've won awards in regional and national competitions. Don Arcenio is incredibly sharp and exacting, and the meticulous alternative processes of his Maragogype and Gesha varieties display incredible clarity and indulgent sugars. This year, we picked up Don Arcenio's main lot, Bella Vista Caturra Bourbon, a delightful double-fermented lot dried carefully on covered raised beds.