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Monte de Oro

Guatemala - Acatenango - Monte de Oro - Geisha - UW

GeishaNatural
Mario AlarcónGuatemala

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About this coffee

This coffee comes from the Monte de Oro farm, located at an altitude of 1,600 metres in the heart of the Acatenango Valley on the hills of Balam Juyu. The Monte de Oro farm is named after the excellent fertility of its soil.
The coffee is harvested after analysing the cherry's sugar content (Brix) to optimise cherry quality. It is then dried on patios and African beds for 10 days. In the first few days, it is dried in very thin layers. These are then made gradually larger to prevent the coffee from drying too quickly.

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  • Origin

    Guatemala

  • Region

    Acatenango

  • Terroir

    La Soledad

  • Farm

    Monte de Oro

  • Producer

    Mario Alarcón

  • Species

    Arabica

  • Variety

    Geisha

  • Process

    Natural

  • Drying

    10 days drying beds

  • Packaging

    30kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    1600

  • Harvest period

    November - March

  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The farm Monte de Oro

The Monte de Oro farm is located in the Acatenango Valley on the hills of Balam Juyu, at an altitude of 1,600 metres. It is named after the excellent fertility of the soil on which it is situated. Initially devoted to polyculture and breeding, the farm gradually stepped up its coffee production and today it is the farm's sole activity. Over this period, new varieties and coffee preparation techniques have been introduced. The 22-hectare farm currently has more than five varieties of coffee that are prepared according to three different processes, producing a wide variety of sensory profiles. The farm's manager, Mario Ricardo, is an industrial mechanical engineer by training, and he is using his expertise to develop more responsible production processes, for example by reducing use of water when wet-processing the farm's coffees.

  • Total number of hectares

    22

  • Number of hectares cultivated

    22

  • Altitude

    1600

  • Environment

    Montagneux

  • Shady

    Endemic trees

Meet Mario Alarcón

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A few words about Mario Alarcón

Mario belongs to the 5th generation of Melendez coffee growers. In 2008, he took over the family business by becoming manager of the Monte de Oro farm. Until then his mother had managed the farm alone, since the death of Mario's grandfather in the 1980s. At the time she was the first woman in the region to run a farm, and had to face a lot of criticism alone. Mario initially worked as an industrial mechanical engineer. He made it a point of honour to stop using excessive amounts of water for his wet-processed coffees. The new Monte de Oro mill was created using the latest generation of machines and a simple yet efficient process, which have significantly reduced the amount of water used for production.

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