Waykan
Roasted by Essence of Coffee in Canning Vale, WA
Tasting notes
Caramel and toffee with mild acidity and fruit-like sweetness.
In the roaster's own words.
- Origin
- Guatemala · Huehuetenango
- Roast
- The roaster does not state the roast level.
- Process
- Washed
- Caffeine
- Regular
- Varietals
- Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Maragogype, Pache
- Altitude
- 1400-2200 masl
What Essence of Coffee say
Caramel and toffee with mild acidity and fruit-like sweetness.
- Region / Huehuetenango
- Variety / Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Maragogype & Pache
- Process / Washed
- Altitude / 1,400–2,200m
An Exceptional Central American Coffee
Huehuetenango is located in Western Guatemala bordering Mexico. It is extremely diverse and known for producing some of the best coffees in Latin America due to its climate, altitude, water sources, and traditional varieties.
Waykan coffees are chosen for their pristine example of the dynamic character of coffees from Huehuetenango, with their crisp acidity reminiscent of lemon, grape, or apple, and a balance of toffee and sweet nuts, like almond. In the Maya Q’qnjobal dialect in the region, “waykan” means “star or light that shines in the sky at night.”
The indigenous population in and around Huehuetenango play a large role in the coffee production here, and coffee accounts either directly or indirectly for roughly 80 percent of the local economy.
Quoted from their product page.
