Hamacas is composed of Caturra and San Ramon and undergoes a carefully managed washed process. After harvest, ripe cherries are held for approximately 36 hours before being sorted through a siphon to separate the highest-quality fruit. The coffee is then depulped and undergoes an additional 16-hour dry fermentation before being washed and moved to the patio for drying.
Drying takes approximately 15 days and is managed deliberately throughout the process. During the first seven days, the coffee is turned every hour while drying under direct sunlight. From the eighth through fifteenth day, turning is reduced to every four hours, allowing the coffee to finish drying gradually and evenly.
For us, Hamacas is a coffee rooted in continuity: generations of knowledge, a remarkable growing environment, and the careful work that happens between picking a ripe cherry and preparing a coffee for export. It is a reminder that great coffee is rarely the result of a single decision, but of many small ones made thoughtfully over time.
Green Price
$7.55
Green cost, milling, transport, taxes and exporting fees.
Transport
$1.07
Importing fees and transport from the farm to Chicago, Illinois.
Our Cost of Production
$6.08
Labor, Rent, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off
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Hamacas
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
- Producer Renardo Ovalle
- Elevation 1950 MASL
- Process Washed
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Quality
Quality means buying high quality coffees from established producers around the world.
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Traceability
Traceability gives recognition to the producers and validates where the coffee is grown, picked, and processed.
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Transparency
We endeavor to contextualize the importance of a fair and balanced trade through the prices we pay.
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Paying More
As an Independent Specialty Coffee Roaster, we always pay well above the C-Market based on two factors; the quality of coffee and the cost of production.
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Fair Wage
A fair wage begins with paying higher premiums to the coffee producer in tandem with providing competitive wages and benefits for our staff here at Metric.
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