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GUATEMALA ANTIGUA

GUATEMALA ANTIGUA

Contraband Coffee Roaster

About This Coffee

Guatemala Antigua is a single origin coffee from the Antigua region of Guatemala. Only perfectly ripe cherries are hand selected for this lot. This is a light medium roast coffee with caramel, butterscotch, and dark chocolate notes, complemented by subtle apple flavors.

Origin

Antigua (Guatemala)

Flavor Notes

Apple, Chocolate, Caramelized, Butterscotch

Roast Level

Processing

Typology

CC

Contraband Coffee Roaster

Nathan Wyss and Josh Magnani founded Contraband Coffee in San Francisco, opening their original Larkin Street location on Christmas Eve 2010. SF Weekly named it Best New Cafe in 2011, and a second San Francisco location followed in the SoMa district in 2017. Roasting takes place at a facility on 81st Avenue in Oakland, where a vintage Probat and custom built equipment allow each coffee to be approached with its own specific profile. The name carries through to the lineup, with blends like Black Market, Smuggler's Blend, and Sub Rosa alongside single origins from Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Rwanda. Contraband sources exclusively through cooperatives, small farmers, and ethical organizations, refusing to work through middlemen.

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