Guatemala - Finca Los Pinos - drip

we taste: caramel, pear, toffee, cherry cordial

PROCESS: washed

REGION: huehuetenango

VARIETAL: bourbon, caturra

ELEVATION: 1900-2250 masl

  Gracenote is happy to add yet another fantastic Huehuetenago to our menu; Finca Los Pinos via our friends at StoneX Specialty Coffee. Now available in both an espresso and drip profile!

In 2013, Renardo Ovalle planted coffee in several plots that he called Los Pinos because this region, due to its height above 2,000 masl, could be seen as large old pines.

It is located in Santa Barbara, a municipality near Huehuetenango, where rainfall is scarcer compared to other regions of Huehuetenango. The varieties that were planted with coffee were Caturra, Bourbon, and Pacamara. Something that began as an experiment resulted in a unique coffee due to its soil and height conditions

Huehuetenango has coffee-growing altitudes up to 2,100 meters above sea level, moderate temperatures, consistent rainfall, and volcanic soil, creating ideal conditions for the complex and interesting coffees we expect from the region. Coffee is harvested between January and April and usually arrives in the US around the beginning of July.

This washed Bourbon from Finca Los Pinos in Guatemala's mountainous Huehuetenango region arrives via Gracenote Coffee. Grown between 1900–2250 meters, the lot develops caramel sweetness alongside stone fruit and darker chocolate notes—a profile typical of washed-process coffees from this origin, which tend toward clarity and balance. The toffee and cherry cordial character reflects both the terroir and varietal expression of this classic Central American Bourbon, a strain prized for its complexity and sweetness. The drip preparation should highlight these layered flavors without obscuring the coffee's inherent structure.