November Spotlight - La Armonia Hermosa
Welcome to the November 2024 edition of For the Love of Coffee, a blog about all things coffee exclusively for the employees of Vienna Coffee Company.
November’s new Spotlight coffee will be La Armonia Hermosa. Grown in the fertile volcanic soil of Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala. La Armonia Hermosa translates to “The Beautiful Harmony”. This could not be a better name for this wonderful coffee for indeed, it is a beautiful harmony between the Guatemalan family who plants, nurtures, and harvests the coffee; the local farm that processes, packs, and ships the coffee; and Deeper Roots/Vienna coffee. It is also a beautiful harmony of flavors featuring notes of ripe cherries, rich chocolate, and sweet cinnamon.
The dormant volcano Agua towers above the city of Sant Maria de Jesus.
Les Stonham talks with Melvin about this years crop.
After the coffee cherries are harvested all by hand they are put through a “de-pulping machine” in order to remove the fruit from the coffee seeds inside.
Large tarps are used for drying the coffee, both washed and natural process can be seen on the farm. Both processes require constant turning in order to assure consistent and even drying.
Les and I have the great privilege to jump in and help with the spreading and turning of the coffee cherries.
The entire lot for the year is purchased by Deeper Roots and Vienna Coffee to ensure a fair price for Julio and his family and for the pure enjoyment of our customers.
We are excited to feature this exclusive coffee from our direct-trade partner to our customer. Be on the lookout for Barista samples coming soon!
Thank you all for all you do to make Vienna Coffee such a special place.
Matt