Casco - Natural Red Bourbon & Caturra | Guatemala

Guatemala — Los Suspiros, Natural Red Bourbon & Caturra (Natural)

Tastes Like — 🫐 Blueberry • 🍓 Red Fruits • 🍇 Grapes

DETAILS

• Producer: Los Suspiros (Axel Palacios & Rosma Team)
• Farm: Finca Los Suspiros
• Region: Palmira, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
• Varietal: Red Bourbon, Caturra
• Process: Natural
• Altitude: 1600–1800 MASL
• Harvest: 2025
• Size: 250g

INTRO

In the early 1930s, Don Juan Palacios founded the village of Palmira in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, establishing a coffee plantation alongside corn, tobacco, and cattle. Successive generations expanded the estate, and today his grandson Axel Palacios stewards 70 hectares inherited in 1997.

Through a joint venture with childhood friend Fredy Morales and the Rosma Team, Axel formed Los Suspiros — "the sighs" — a name that speaks to the romance and craft behind each harvest. The partnership focuses on natural, honey, and washed coffees, making careful processing decisions through cupping and certification at the valley wet mill.

THE PRODUCER

Los Suspiros primarily cultivates Caturra and Bourbon varieties across the high slopes of Palmira, Huehuetenango — a region renowned for its pronounced acidity and aromatic complexity. The wet mill station and sun-drying facilities are based in the Huehuetenango valley, where the Rosma Team apply rigorous quality analysis to determine the optimal processing method for each lot.

Coffees from Los Suspiros are characterised by a syrupy, fruit-forward profile with a clean finish — a hallmark of the estate's meticulous approach to both cultivation and post-harvest processing.

THE PROCESS

The Natural process at Los Suspiros involves:

• 🍒 Selective Hand Picking — Only fully ripe cherries are harvested.
• ✅ Cupping & Certification — Rosma Team experts evaluate each lot before processing decisions are made.
• ☀️ Sun Drying — Whole cherries are dried intact on patios in the Huehuetenango valley, allowing the fruit to impart deep sweetness and complexity to the bean.

The natural process yields the bold fruit character that defines this lot — layers of blueberry and red fruits underpinned by a grape-like depth.

THE CUP

A richly fruited natural with abundant blueberry and red fruit character. The natural process amplifies the Bourbon and Caturra sweetness into something indulgent and complex, finishing with a soft, grape-like resonance.

Flavour Notes

• 🫐 Blueberry
• 🍓 Red Fruits
• 🍇 Grapes