Primary Espresso | Guatemala
ilse coffeeAbout This Coffee
Primary Espresso from Jose Antonio Ramirez is a Typica lot grown on the Rio Colorado farm in Las Tunas, San Miguel, Guatemala at 1750 MASL. The coffee is washed, with cherries floated to remove defects, depulped same day, dry fermented in tile tanks for 48 hours, then rinsed and dried on raised beds for 21–25 days. Tasting notes include tootsie roll, grape, plum, milk chocolate and almond cream.
Origin
Las Tunas (Guatemala)
Flavor Notes
Grape, Tootsie Roll, Plum, Milk Chocolate, Almond Cream
Roast Level
Medium Dark
Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaTypica
IC
ilse coffee
Rebecca Grossman and Lucas Smith founded Ilse in 2019, starting with a thousand dollars and a rented roaster in Stamford before building out their own facility in a converted mechanic's garage in North Canaan. The approach is quality-driven: light roasts, single-producer microlots, and a commitment to buying entire harvests from the same farms year after year, some relationships now stretch back to the beginning. Pricing is transparent; each bag lists what the producer was paid, the FOB price, and Ilse's cost. Sourcing focuses on Central and South America and East Africa, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ethiopia appearing regularly.
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