Darlin Ariel Guzman

About This Coffee

This selection continues our exploration of the Pacas variety and the Santa Bárbara region. This is our first year purchasing coffee from Darlin Guzman, and we feel this 100% Pacas lot truly represents the potential of this variety and place. In the cup we find plum, raspberry, and lemongrass. This is our first year purchasing coffee from Darlin Guzman. We spent considerable time this year in Santa Bárbara, exploring, tasting, and calibrating. Our affinity for this mountain and the Pacas variety remains strong. We continue to believe that Santa Bárbara produces some of the best coffees in the world, and we are committed to supporting the cultivation of this special, albeit challenging, variety. Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon from the Bourbon/Typica group mainly found in El Salvador and Honduras. Like other Bourbon mutants, Pacas has a single-gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller (dwarfism). Unlike the hybrid varieties, Pacas is very susceptible to disease, making it riskier to grow.