Guatemala

Santa Rosa

Department · Guatemala

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
1,300–1,900 m · 6 of 27 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Climate
cold in mountains with pine forests; dry arid in north with xerophytic forests; hot-dry on Pacific coast with tropical forests
Terrain
mountainous in north (Sierra Madre), volcanic terrain with volcanic cones and craters in center, coastal plains to south; varies from pine forests to tropical vegetation
Soil
volcanic rocks (lavas, lahars, tuffs) from Tertiary and Quaternary periods; quaternary alluviums; plutonic rocks (granites, diorites)
Varieties
Pacamara · Geisha · Bourbon · Caturra
Base process
Washed · Natural · Honey
Conditions and additional steps
Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)

Good quality coffee production; also sugarcane, corn, beans, rice, potato, sesame, tobacco, onion, avocado, tomato, pineapple

2 growing areas

Administrative area

Across Santa Rosa23 coffees with no finer area recorded