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Guatemalan Palo Alto Azul

Full 16oz Pound $12.99

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Received 11/03/2008

"Palo Alto Azul" is produced 25 kilometers from the city of Guatemala on the Finca Agua Tibia (Farm of Lukewarm Water) near Fraijanes at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea level. The highest standards of quality control are used in preparing and exporting "Palo Alto Azul". Even though fewer coffee beans are produced the farmers insist on honoring the "old traditional ways" without the use of machinery, so the quality is not compromised and the ways of 150 years of history is preserved. It is a diverse farm, with a dairy, and ornamental plant nursery, and in fact 75% of the land is set aside as a nature preserve. The coffee beans are farmed under humid conditions and washed utilizing clean mountain stream water. After a 36 to 40 hour period of fermentation, the beans are then naturally sun dried. The quality of the coffee is preserved by utilizing an all natural process.

Guatemalan coffee is revered as one of the most flavorful and well balanced coffees in the world. This year the coffee lives up to my expectations. There are a lot of spicy notes in the cup: clove, nutmeg, mulling spice. I get clean bittersweet chocolate roast notes, aromatic cedar in the finish, and a nice amount of bittersweet chocolate in the finish.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Great Cup!!!!!	June 27, 2008
Reviewer: Tim�Birmingham from Sun City,�AZ�United States

Seth, this coffee is one of the best. As is your custom you only find and roast the best. I have tried many coffee's and when people ask I send them to you. So if you are looking for a great coffee try this one.

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Fresh coffee	December 1, 2007
Reviewer: Thomas Beasley from Phoenix, AZ United States

Not being a purest, I put cream and sugar in my coffee, I may miss some of the subtleties that Seth does not. However, as soon as I started grinding these beans I could tell that I was in for a treat. The aroma that wafted up from the grinder was one of rich, dark, chocolate. The taste of the hot coffee was exactly the same. It is full bodied and very smooth. I highly recommend it! (Side note; it is actually Huehuetenango, pronounced waywaytaynahngo)

One other thing I would like to add, if you are not buying whole bean and grinding it IMMEDIATELY before brewing, you are missing out. Also, if you are using a cheap blade grinder, toss it out. I just bought a burr grinder (Cuisinart), and WOW, does it make a difference. The grind is now consistent and doing it right before brewing makes it the freshest cup of coffee I have ever made. If you are sophisticated enough to use Seth for your coffee, you owe it to yourself to "up the ante".

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