We've worked with Marta Dalton and her family over the last few years through her company Coffee Bird, in fact most of our Guatemalan coffees have come through her! This coffee was so good last year we've brought it back!
We decided that the Dalton family farm had produced something perfect for us, a balanced sweet coffee with notes of Red apple and Toffee.
The Dalton family honours its coffee growing heritage and is
currently being operated by the 5th and 6th generation. Coffee
represents 214.64 hectares of the entire farm.
Like most farms in Guatemala, Finca Filadelfia (of which Bosques de San Francisco is 1/4) originally harvested
cochinille. In 1864 it transitioned to coffee amidst a country wide
recession. Cochinille was used to produce a natural fabric dye colour
“Carmine.” As the industrial revolution evolved, Germany developed
synthetic dyes removing the need for the natural carmine colour.
Farms across Guatemala faced a devastating recession.
Manuel Matheu (Marta’s great great great grandfather) borrowed
the land at Filadelfia initially where he planted some coffee in 1864.
In his first harvest he went to London to sell his first crop. After
returning from London, he was commissioned by the President of
Guatemala to show small farmers how to grow coffee. Thus was
born the Antigua coffee growing region. Eventually Manuel’s son
purchased what is now Finca Filadelfia. The passion for coffee has been passed down 6 generations. Marta’s great grandmother Elisa
ran the farm until she was 95 years old and won the first two Cup of
Excellence in 2001 and 2002.
Espresso (18g VST)
18.5g in
36g out
in 23 to 25 seconds
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