Acatenango · Guatemala

Forged in
volcanic soil.

Specialty coffee grown at 1,800 meters on the slopes of a still-breathing volcano. Handpicked at peak ripeness, processed with intention, roasted in small batches in Austin. Seek the rare.

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Altitude

1,800m

Varietals

4rare

Harvest

Nov–Mar

Roast

Austin, TX

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Hands harvesting ripe coffee cherries in Acatenango

Acatenango harvest

Our Farm

Where roast meets origin.

Our trees grow on the steep shoulder of Acatenango — a 3,976-meter stratovolcano that shares its spine with the still-active Volcán de Fuego. The ash drifts across our groves several times a year. Farmers here have a phrase for it: the volcano is feeding the trees.

Every cherry is handpicked at peak ripeness. Pickers return to the same trees every ten days for three months. What reaches our roaster in Austin is, by then, the most carefully-handled agricultural product most people will consume all day without knowing it.

We roast in small batches. We chase clarity over caricature. And we bet that you can taste the difference.

37°

Volcanoes in Guatemala

10d

Harvest rotation per tree

1lb

Per Geisha tree, per year

Single Origin

Four varietals, one volcano.

Rare cultivars that rarely travel: Bourbons, Geishas, processed both washed and natural. Each one is a different answer to the same question — what do you want to taste of the cherry?

The Process

Washed, or natural.

Processing is the decision of what to do with the fruit around the bean. It is the single largest contributor to flavor after the varietal itself. Neither is better. They are different answers.

Precision

Washed

Ripe cherries are depulped within hours, the sticky mucilage fermented away in fresh mountain water, and the beans dried clean. The bean never soaks in fruit — so you taste the bean itself. Clean, precise, structured.

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Integration

Natural

Cherries dry whole — skin, pulp, bean, all together — for two to four weeks. The fruit ferments on the seed, migrating sugars and aromatics inward. You taste the fruit, not just the seed. Heavier, wilder, fruit-forward.

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Journal

Field notes from the farm.

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Forged involcanic soil.