Hacienda Carmona is located in Antigua at 5200-6100 feet altitude. They call the single-farm coffee from Carmona “Café Pulcal”. The farm dates to early colonial times, but coffee was planted in the late 1800′s when the farm was acquired by the Zelaya family, and first exported in 1918. Carmona is run by Maria Zelaya Aguirre since 1959, and she is the third generation that works and lives at Hacienda Carmona. The farm is said to have a unique micro-climate in the Antigua valley as well as hillside exposure and well draining soils.

Cafe Pulcal once again shows a classic Guatemala cup profile, abundant with sweetness and depth of flavor. Buttery caramel with cocoa, and an internally glowing apple juice acidity with a crisp finish. As the cup cools, an intense cherry and cranberry brightness starts to emerge and the body thickens to become a little more syrupy with snappy cranberry fruit and chocolate sweetness in the finish