Description: Elegant aromas of jasmine, lemon, sweet orange and wild honey；the cupping notes are floral, honey pomelo, peach, wild honey, sweet orange and apple, bright and delicate acidity with a syrupy mouthfeel；the finish is enveloped in floral notes, honey pomelo, and peach, accompanied by a wild honey-like sweetness.
Note: floral, honey pomelo, wild honey
☕ABOUT the La Gran Manzana
The first time Alejandro went to a farm he was 6 years old, since then he love to visit ROSMA the farm of his father, all his childhood he joined his Dad to the farm and asked as many things as he could and that is how he got in loved with coffee. He moved to Guatemala City for 18 years until 2015 Alejandro went back to Huehuetenango city with his family to stablish and get back to work in the coffee business. He bought a land near Huehuetenango City and his dream was to have his own farm, but climate conditions in Huehuetenango City is not so good for coffee plantations; with the experience of the family growing coffee for more than 40 years the plantation started with a manual irrigation system and having planning to get an exotic variety he started the nursery of Gesha. The farm was called LA GRAN MANZANA because it is a beautiful garden of coffee into the city, Alejandro´s mother got the idea of the name.
In 2021 the first crop had given the flavors expected but the coffee trees needed to be more healthy for growing; so after a big effort the irrigation system was upgraded getting more water for the trees, and it allowed to performed fertilization with the irrigation and algo applied techniques to reenforced and enriched the soiled with organic fertilized.
During the firsts years, different processes were carried out to determine the best process for the variety and for the microclimate conditions; with the help of his brother Fredy, They determined together through many tastings that the best process with which many flavors and textures were explored was the Natural process with slow drying in the greenhouse and obtain 2022 COE 4th place and 2024 COE 3rd place. In 2025 after developed a better technique for irrigation Alejandro and Fredy tried for a Fully Washed process and the surprise was that thank to have more water the flavor developed a significant change and that is how in 2025 La Gran Manzan achieve 1st place in COE.
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Acidity explanation:
When customers ask us to recommend beans, the number one question is about flavor, and the number two is “Is this acidic?”
First of all, the feeling of the acidity varies from person to person. Once I met two guests. A said he would like to drink acid coffee, while B said he would not drink acid coffee. So I made a Natural Yirgacheffe Blue Donkey for them. A said that it was too acidic, and B said that it was okay. It is clear that there are individual differences in the sensitivity of acidity.
Since there are individual differences, is there any criterion for reference?
We generally use several fruits to make the evaluation from the least acidic to the most acidic. From 1~5 is strawberry jam, grapes, apples, oranges, lemons. So that the scores of relative acidity can help the consumers with a reference in purchasing.
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kakalovecafe note:
1. One bag of 8 oz coffee bean,with the exception of high price or rare coffee beans of 4oz bag.
2. Suggested aging days: light roast-level 15 days, medium-light roast-level 15 days, medium roast-level 10 days, medium-dark roast-level 8 days,dark roast-level 8 days.
3. Unopened bag of coffee beans stored in cool, sun block condition and the expiration of the period of 12 months. Best if used in 30-60 days after opening.
4. The coffee bag use one-way-valve.
5. The one-way-valve sticker can be torn off and removable. We use this sticker,because we are afraid that the aroma of the coffee beans will run away during the shipping process.
