Lot 12: Moroccan Black Honey
Named after its dark brown parchment colour, our 26 Brix or above cherries are taken directly from the pulping machine and to the sun drying patios in wheelbarrows. This is so they avoid any naturally remaining fruit pulp and mucilage to wash off and get a crisp sunbathe, always taking care of not scorching them during high temperature hours of the day. Using our innovative shade cloth over our sun drying patios, we carefully move it every 30 minutes for approx 8 days.
We then take them to our African beds greenhouse, so they can slowly dry. With all mucilage on the beans, they dry in the greenhouses for a few days, still absorbing all the fruity sugars.Once it reaches a perfect humidity of 10.5%, it is then taken to our resting warehouse which is on the ground floor beneath a wooden building to create the perfect storage climate of 20°-21°.
Lot Description
| Reference Number: | 12 |
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| Opening Bid: | $4.00/lb |
| Increment: | $0.10 |
| Weight: | 300 lbs |
| Varietal: | San José Ocaña’s original |
| Process: | Moroccan Black Honey |
| Producer Cupping Notes: | Black Tea, juicy, caramel, sweet, fruity, lemon tea acidity, honey, ripe fruits, molasses, short aftertaste |
| Location: | San Juan Sacatepequez |
| Producer: | Guillermo Sanchez |
| Country: | GUATEMALA |
Coffee details
Farm details
| Producer Name: | Guillermo Sanchez |
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| Farm Name: | Finca San José Ocaña |
| Country: | GUATEMALA |
| Region: | Sacatepéquez Department |
| Farm Size: | 175.0 ha |
| Founding Year: | 1905 |
| Altitude Range: | 1905 to 1955 masl |
| Number of Coffee Trees: | 150 acres plants |
| Location: | San Juan Sacatepequez |
| Farm Elevation: | 200m - 250m |
| Average Rainfall: | 1400 millimeters a year |
Producer Story:
San Jose Ocaña has been in the family for over 100 years, and has always been a sustainable agricultural operation, which started mainly as a forestry farm management. In time, it evolved to be a fine coffee producing farm, serving only the prime specialty coffee market. This is mainly as result of its high altitude, good clayish soils and varietals.
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