Guatemala — Juan Rodriguez Cano, El Volcancito, Washed Field Blend

Tastes Like — 🍑 Peach • 🍎 Apple Butter • 🍬 Nougat • 🌸 Floral

DETAILS

• Producer: Juan Rodriguez Cano
• Region: El Volcancito, Santa Rosa, Guatemala
• Varietal: Field Blend
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 1,700 MASL
• Size: 250g

INTRO

A sweet and rounded washed Field Blend from Juan Rodriguez Cano in El Volcancito, Santa Rosa. Ripe peach and apple butter open with a gentle, fruit-forward sweetness, whilst nougat adds depth and a satisfying richness to the finish. This is Guatemalan specialty coffee at its most comforting — approachable, well-structured, and endlessly drinkable.

Juan and his wife are generational coffee producers, having learnt the craft from their own parents, and they have built their farm and processing setup entirely from the ground up.

THE PRODUCER

Juan Rodriguez Cano grows coffee in El Volcancito, within the Santa Rosa department of Guatemala — a region situated in the south-eastern highlands, where volcanic soils and elevations around 1,700 metres provide excellent conditions for producing clean, sweet specialty coffee. Both Juan and his wife learned to sow coffee from their parents, and when they set out on their own they purchased their land and built everything from scratch. After establishing a nursery to grow seedlings, they planted their plots and committed to coffee as their main crop and income.

Juan oversees much of the day-to-day farm work himself — weeding, pruning, and composting — bringing in local labourers only during the intensive harvest period. His hands-on approach and generational knowledge are reflected in the consistency and quality of his Field Blend lots.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at Juan's farm involves:

• 🍒 Selective Harvest — Cherries hand-picked at full ripeness
• 🔧 Depulping — Coffee depulped same day as picking
• 🧪 Wet Fermentation — Seeds fermented for approximately 24–32 hours
• 💧 Second Soaking — Seeds soaked in clean water for approximately 12 hours
• ☀️ Patio Drying — Parchment dried on concrete patios until ideal moisture content is reached

The careful two-stage fermentation and second soaking produce the characteristic cleanliness and sweet fruit definition that mark this lot out.

THE CUP

Sweet, rounded, and satisfying. Ripe peach leads with a clean, juicy sweetness, supported by the rich, buttery depth of apple butter. Nougat brings a warm, confectionery finish that lingers gently — a cup that rewards slow brewing and careful attention.

Flavour Notes

• 🍑 Peach
• 🍎 Apple Butter
• 🍬 Nougat