Traffic Coffee Santa Margarita Whole Bean 300g
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This super cool single origin is roasted real old school so, at home, it's a breeze to pull an espresso. This iteration of this coffee reminded us of our grandmothers, who back in the day, would eat molasses on bread as a dessert! Times were real tough back then in La Belle Province but "Grandm'man" made it through cuz they made em tough back in the day! Super delicious, produced uniquely by girl power in Guatemala, we hope to continue to have the privilege of buying from them and roasting up this great green as a 90's style throwback to old school coffee.
Finca Santa Margarita is the family farm of Camila Topke, a trader at InterAmerican Coffee. Santa Margarita is in large part operated by women. In addition to women coffee pickers, women are in charge of the grafting program and of running the farm's school and health clinic.
Camila is a member of the International Women's Coffee Alliance (IWCA) and for a time was vice president of the IWCA Guatemala chapter. She was also instrumental in developing Santa Margarita's forward-looking environmental programs and is still very active in its management.
Finca Santa Margarita
The farm was founded in 1838 by Thomas Wyld (Camila’s great grandfather) and has been in the family or four generations. Today, Santa Margarita is 2,320 hectares—812 of which are coffee farm—with Caturra, Sarchimor, Catimor and Geisha varieties. The rest is dedicated natural forest land, devoted to the promotion of natural species and wildlife biodiversity.
The farm has three springs, which are protected by environmental policies and provide water to the people living on the farm, as well as to the wet mill.
Environmental sustainability is a key mission of Finca Santa Margarita, from the moment seeds are planted to the moment coffee leaves the farm. Its management practices are based on an agroforestry system that includes low intakes of agrochemicals, the use of organic, compost-based soil nutrition, high shade coverage and sustainable quality standards.
The farm also takes very seriously the quality of life of the workers on the farm. It houses an elementary school for children who live on Santa Margarita, as well as neighboring farms (there are 75 children in the school in total). The farm also includes a small church and health clinic that partner with the Guatemala Dept. of Health.
Processing
Coffee is washed and dried on patios, as well as on raised African beds. A goal of the farm is to build a cupping facility on site and to train workers to cup and be advocates for quality.
NOTES:
100% whole bean coffee
Farm: Santa Margarita / Camila Topke
Origin: Chimaltenango, Acatenango
Altitude: 1640m
Process: washed, dried on patios and on raised beds
Varietal: Caturra, Sarchimor, Catimor, Geisha
Roast level: DARK
Notes: molasses, dark chocolate, walnuts, buttery
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Whole Bean Grind Chart
If you are purchasing a bag of whole bean coffee on our website, you can select your grind method of choice (at no extra charge!) from the dropdown and we will grind and ship it to you. We grind the beans freshly for you at our warehouse in ECS Coffee Burlington right before your order is shipped, and reseal the package to maintain optimal freshness in transit.
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We use a commercial BUNN Burr Grinder to grind the beans.
Please note: Freshly ground coffee is non-refundable and not returnable. To ensure that you receive a ground coffee that is consistent with your brew method of choice, refer to our Grind Chart below!
FINE |
For use with espresso machines. Fine coffee grinds will have the size and feel of sand. |
MEDIUM FINE |
Choose a medium fine grind if you are brewing with a Moka Pot, stovetop espresso brewers or an Aeropress. |
MEDIUM |
Cone Filter - We use two medium settings depending on your brewer. The Cone Filter medium setting is a bit finer, and is suitable for pour-over drip brewers (cone style) such as Hario, Melitta, Clever. It is also used for cone style automatic brewers. Flat Bottom Filter - This setting is suitable for coffee machines with a flat bottom basket filter, such as commercial automatic drip machines. It is also an appropriate setting for if you have a refillable coffee capsule for use in Keurig® machines. Medium coffee grinds will be around the same size as sea salt. |
PERCOLATOR |
If you are brewing with a percolator, the grind setting is a bit coarser than your standard medium grind, to minimize grinds making it through the filter. We use a percolator-specific setting on our grinder. |
MEDIUM COARSE |
Vaccuum brewers, Chemex. |
COARSE |
For french press, cold brew coffee. A coarse grind is very chunky in look, like crushed peppercorns. |
Remember that this coffee grind chart is a guideline! If you use a coffee brewing method that is not listed here, feel free to reach out and we will let you know which grind is the best for your brewer.
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