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2009 Guatemala Cup of Excellence® Winning Farms - Auction July 8, 2009
Lot#: 1 El Injerto, S. A. - El Injerto I
Overview

The first owner of this farm was Mr. Jesus Aguirre Panama, who acquired it in 1874. He began cultivating sugar cane to produce crystallized sugar locally known as "panela", corn, beans, and tobacco. During 1900 he started planting coffee, and called this section EL INJERTO (The Grafting), since this was what started the agricultural development in the area. The current owner is Arturo Aguirre Escobar, representing the third generation of his family. He has worked the farm since 1956, when the production was approximately three hundred (300) bags of 100 pounds.

El Injerto has a total of four hundred and forty seven (447) hectares, most of them are between 1,500 and 2,000 meters (4,921.26 - 6,561.82 feet) above sea level, all planted with coffee, fruit orchards, basic grains and ornamental plants. The remaining hectares have been preserved as a thousand-year-old virgin forest, which gives the farm its special climate and adequate conditions to have clean water that springs directly from the mountains. In addition, it constitutes the perfect habitat for flora and fauna; and especially allows the production of coffee in an eco-system preserving our natural environment. The forest area surrounds the coffee plantations. The farm has an annual rainfall of 1800-200 mm per year a relative humidity of 75% and an average temperature of 73°C (23°C). The soils are volcanic, profound, well drained, and with high contents of organic matter.

The farm is certified by Rainforest Alliance

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Property Characteristics: Coffee Characteristics:
Farm: El Injerto I
Farmer: El Injerto, S. A.
Rank: 1
City: La Libertad, Huehuetenango
Region: Huehuetenango
Country: Guatemala
Farm Size: 312.00 Hectares
Coffee growing area: 280.00 Hectares
Altitude: 1981 masl
Certification: Rainforest Alliance 
Variety: Pacamara
Processing System: Sun and dryer
Lot Size: 36 boxes
Pounds: 2,764.00
International Jury Score: 91.98
Cupping Number #: 912
Price: 22.04 USD
Winning Bidder: Standing Egg Co.,Ltd.
Top Jury Descriptions: Aroma/Flavor- prune, dark chocolate and red wine, floral, perfume, hibiscus spearmint, honey dew, passion fruit, vanilla-peach combination mandarin orange, explosive flavor Acidity- bright, big, brisk, with spine. grapefruit good structure, clean clear acidity, Notes- Big depth, multi dimensional, jasmine, complex, syrupy long aftertatse

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