Village Coffee and Goods Blend
ilse coffeeAbout This Coffee
A field blend from Mataquescuintla, Guatemala, composed of Pache San Ramón, Catui, and Anacafé 14, grown at 1700–1900 MASL. Cherries are fermented in sealed bags for 48 hours, depulped with a Penagos eco-pulper, then undergo a 46-hour dry fermentation before being thoroughly washed and dried on raised beds for 14 days. Flavor notes include milk chocolate, nougat, sweet plum, and raisin.
Origin
Mataquesquintla (Guatemala)
Flavor Notes
Raisin, Milk Chocolate, Nougat, Plum
Roast Level
—
Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaAnacafe14, Pache San Ramón, Catui
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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