{"product_id":"guatemala-seis-manos-2-0","title":"Guatemala Seis Manos 2.0","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Open Sans'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: #000000;\"\u003eGUATEMALA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-outline-level: 2;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 26.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Open Sans'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSEIS MANOS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 11.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 107%; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eBUTTERY TOFFEE, DRIED CITRUS, DRIED APRICOT + CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn archetypal Huehue with buttery toffee and dried fruit notes. This Huehuetenango blend represents the commitment to purchasing a wide variety of coffees from long-term producer partners, including those that perform best when blended together, rather than just rewarding the highest-scoring microlots while leaving the rest undervalued. The blend includes contributions from Antonio Martínez (managing two lots with bourbon, caturra, San Ramón, and gesha), Erick Perez (contributing from parcels at 1800 and 1560 meters), and Cruz Perez (commercializing ASDEFLOR association coffee and championing their collective wet-mill construction). Despite challenges from volatile prices, high fertilizer costs, and labor shortages in 2025, these producers process their own parchment coffee to capture maximum value, with limestone soils and high altitudes creating ideal growing conditions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003eBEAN DETAILS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eORIGIN: Huehuetenango, Guatemala\u003cbr\u003ePRODUCER: Antonio Martínez, Erick Perez, Cruz Perez (to name a few)\u003cbr\u003eELEVATION: 1,560 - 1,800 masl\u003cbr\u003ePROCESS: Washed\u003cbr\u003eTASTING NOTES: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Buttery toffee, dried citrus, dried apricot, and chocolate milkshake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROAST TYPE: Light\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eFarm Level\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuehuetenango is an ideal place to grow coffee—limestone soils, high mountain altitudes, cold nights, and hot days all come together to allow for the production of high-quality coffee. Our coffees from Guatemala sometimes arrive a bit later in the year because we're waiting for the coffees from Huehuetenango to ripen and be processed, and we're committed to waiting for our partner producers' last pickings to dry so that we can pay premium prices for their lots. This is an area where small farmers process and dry their own coffee, as opposed to selling red cherries to the local coyote. Selling dry parchment coffee allows smallholders to capture the largest portion of value possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis blend represents our purchasing commitment in action—we want to ensure that we can purchase a wide variety of coffees from long-term producer partners, including coffees that perform best when blended together. Traditional sourcing models often reward only a small portion of a producer's harvest—the very highest-scoring microlots—while the rest is left behind or undervalued. With long-term relationships and clear communication during the harvest season, the producers we work with know they can count on us to purchase a range of their coffees, and they process their cherries carefully, knowing their work will be fairly valued and compensated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 purchasing season was challenging—volatile coffee prices created incentives for many producers without obvious buyers to pick cherries quickly to take advantage of high prices in an uncertain context. High fertilizer prices and inflation continued to keep producers' costs elevated this season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout a few of the contributors to this community lot:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntonio Martínez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a second-generation coffee producer from El Chalum, Huehuetenango. He manages two lots—Cerro Verde and Lote de la Finca—planted with Bourbon, Caturra, San Ramón, and Gesha. Antonio is relatively new to specialty coffee yet already committed to experimentation and quality, using terracing, soil testing, and a blend of organic and chemical fertilization to improve plant health and yields. He oversees processing and shares physical infrastructure with his father, Jorge. Labor shortages and input costs were the key challenges of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErick Perez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtributed two lots from separate parcels: Las Cuevas (the largest of his lots) at 1,800 masl, and his smaller plot called Las Ventanas at 1,560 masl in Hoja Blanca. Erick works alongside his father Adiel to process his coffee, and he has been pushing his family to focus on quality processing. They process all of their coffee at a wet mill across the street from the family home, using a screen to keep under- and over-ripe cherries out of the fermentation tank and fermenting the coffee carefully to prevent the coffee mass from getting too hot. They grow Caturra and Bourbon varieties on their parcels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCruz Perez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis in charge of commercializing the ASDEFLOR association's coffee. His coffee parcels sit at an average altitude of 1,700 masl and are home to Caturra, Bourbon, and Villa Sarchí varieties. Don Cruz championed the construction of the association's collective wet mill, which features large concrete tanks, patio space, and African beds. This wet mill has elevated the quality of individual producers' coffees, many of whom don't have reliable access to electricity, clean water, or proper drying facilities to process their excellent cherries to specialty standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Color Coffee Roasters | Premium Roasters in Colorado","offers":[{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Whole Bean","offer_id":50484283998346,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Home Espresso","offer_id":50484284031114,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Stove Top","offer_id":50484284063882,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Aeropress","offer_id":50484284096650,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Fine Drip","offer_id":50484284129418,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ French Press","offer_id":50484284162186,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Coarse Drip","offer_id":50484284194954,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 OZ. \/ Cold Brew","offer_id":50484284227722,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Whole Bean","offer_id":50484284260490,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Home Espresso","offer_id":50484284293258,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Stove Top","offer_id":50484284326026,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Aeropress","offer_id":50484284358794,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Fine Drip","offer_id":50484284391562,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ French Press","offer_id":50484284424330,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Coarse Drip","offer_id":50484284457098,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 LBS. \/ Cold Brew","offer_id":50484284489866,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Whole Bean","offer_id":50484284522634,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Home Espresso","offer_id":50484284555402,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Stove Top","offer_id":50484284588170,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Aeropress","offer_id":50484284620938,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Fine Drip","offer_id":50484284653706,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ French Press","offer_id":50484284686474,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Coarse Drip","offer_id":50484284719242,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5 LBS. \/ Cold Brew","offer_id":50484284752010,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/8024\/files\/SeisManos_1.png?v=1759771952","url":"https:\/\/colorroasters.com\/products\/guatemala-seis-manos-2-0","provider":"Color Coffee | Restoring Clarity to Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}