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Marago-Pache Variety Garden - Edwin Martinez, Guatemala

Marago-Pache Variety Garden - Edwin Martinez, Guatemala

  • Tastes like: Tropical fruits, pineapple, nectarine, honey
  • Medium-light
  • Seed Dried (Washed)
  • Lively and Modern
Size
Whole Bean or Ground
$18.20 USD
$18.20 USD
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  • Farmer Equity: 50% of retail price = $9.00 /125g - $15 /lb
2024 is the 20th anniversary of us working with Edwin Martinez at Finca Vista Hermosa in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

20 years ago in 2004 we got an innocuous little postcard in the mail. It was a postcard talking about a small coffee farm in the highlands of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. We liked the story and felt the heart of the people behind the story shining through. Through several crazy steps we ended up buying all three bags of coffee direct from Edwin Marrtinez. It was the entire coffee harvest he had smuggled into the US at the time in his suitcases. 

So began a wonderful 20 year relationship that changed all of our lives. We showcased dozens and dozens of Edwin's stellar coffees over the ensuing decades. Edwin went on to build upon his success and started a boutique green coffee exporter and importer called Onyx Coffee. They focus exclusively on coffees from Huehuetenago, Guatemala and surrounding regions. They work directly with all their producers and bring the flavors of Guatemala all over the world.

for our 20th Anniversary Edwin decided to surprise us with a ridiculous and wonderful surprise. 
For many years the team at FVH has nurtured a variety garden on the farm. To test a wide variety of coffee cultivars and ascertain their viability, flavors and attributes as grown on the unique microbiome of FVH. Currently they have 18 cultivars under cultivation in the variety garden. For this anniversary celebration Edwin had his team hand pick, hand process, and then hand wet and dry mill some of these varieties for Torque Coffee. Some ended up being less than 1 pound green, some ended up being almost 50lbs green. But all received the same mindful care and attention.

For this Once Upon A Time Rare Drop for Crema.co we chose two of these incredibly rare, hand processed varietals that represented the most interesting varieties that we feel have both amazing flavors and strong future potential to thrive at the farm. Coffees that tasted amazing but that also can grow and thrive amazingly at the farm in the face of relentless climate change.

Once Upon A Time rare drop
  1. Marago-Pache - an ultra rare cultivar of Maragoype and Pache
    1. Tropical fruits, pineapple, nectarine, honey. 

COFFEEREVIEW.com just scored it a 91 points!

their tasting notes:

Crisp, sweet, delicate. Fir, cocoa, macadamia, jasmine, lemon in aroma and cup. Sweetly bright and high-toned in structure, silky mouthfeel. Flavor consolidates in a quiet finish.


Country: Guatemala
Region: Huehuetenango
Farm: Finca Vista Hermosa
Varietal: Marago-Pache from the variety garden
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1,750 MASL
Exporter: Onyx Coffee
Importer: Onyx Coffee
SCA Quality Score: 91.25

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Parameters

Brew Parameters

Torque Coffee Brew Guide

Espresso Parameters

Espresso:
17-18g coffee in
33-36g liquid out
202-204F
25-27 seconds

Financial Transparency

* Producer Price (lb): $15.00 green
* Farmer green coffee price NOT FOB price
* transport, customs, export, insurance and other FOB costs are below
* FOB to EXW costs (lb): $1.05
* Transport Costs (lb): $.75
* Final Landed Cost: $16.80 a lb
* Roasting weight loss ~18%
* Roasted cost per pound $19.49
* Torque costs to roast, pack & ship coffee: $7.25 /lb
* Final cost: $26.74 /lb

Proportional Pricing

Out of the $400 billion coffee industry, a meager 5% stays where it's grown, leaving farmers with crumbs. At Torque, we're rewriting this injustice. Our radical approach ensures equity for coffee producers, shifting power dynamics.

Here's the game-changer: Coffee producers were pre-paid a guaranteed 20% upfront based on the retail price of their coffee. Simple. Transparent. Fair. We call it Proportional Pricing©. Pay more, they earn more. This reshapes the value equation.

No more opaque systems. No more exploitation. We start with the value you see on the shelf, ensuring 20% flows back to the hands that cultivate your cup. It's called Proportional Pricing©, a seismic shift in coffee's worth chain. It's farmer equity, pure and simple.

We're breaking norms, building a fairer future. Torque Coffees reverse-engineered the chain, advocating for a balanced, equitable industry. It's time to empower those who make your coffee. Together, let's dismantle inequality in the coffee world.

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Sustainability Info

Since we are all on the consumption end of things we can never get to carbon neutral without stealing the carbon positive from coffee farmers. So instead of aiming for a negative, we are striving to destroy less and be as carbon beautiful as we can.

The Torque Coffee Bag

  

     

    100% Plastic Free

    100% Compostable & Biodegradable 

    100% Plant Based

    plastic free packaging

     

    We have partnered with Better Packing Co to be even more carbon Beautiful!

    Every order is packed loving in either:

    the brilliant ZeroPack mailer Made mostly from limestone quarry waste and a minimal amount of recycled resin as a binding agent. 

    YES THESE bags are made of freaking limestone!

    zero pack mailer

     The Zero Pack is a truly remarkable process! 

    CARBON NEUTRAL
    We offset any carbon emission from this already low energy production process.

    • Production of these mailers is solar-powered and uses no water, acids or bleaches. It's also 'zero waste' because all off-cuts can be put 'back in to the pot' and recycled.

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     For larger multi bag orders and for wholesale orders we use the equally brilliant

    BAMBOO Box!

    These boxes are made mostly from bamboo (and some recycled wood pulp). They are just the thing to ship precious goods in. Curbside recyclable, reusable (at least a couple of times) and compostable. 

    Unbleached, FSC certified Bamboo (2/3) and recycled wood pulp (1/3).
    • Water-based printing ink.

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