Guatemalan Los Jovenes

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Product image 3Guatemalan Medium Roast Coffee - 5 pound bag
Product image 4A smiling Guatemalan farmer showing off some coffee cherries
Product image 5Dean and a farmer with a basket of coffee cherries

Regular price $14.89

Cupping Notes: Clean. Sweet. Nutty.
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Whole Bean/Grind
Size

[Roast Level] Light*

[Region] Huehuetenango, Guatemala

[Cooperative] Los Jovenes, ASOBAGRI

[Partners Since] 2001

[Altitude] 1650m

[Varietal] Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra

[Processing Method] Fully Washed


*You may have noticed that this coffee is now listed as a light instead of medium roast. We haven't changed anything about the roast (I repeat: nothing has changed!), we are just recategorizing it to more accurately reflect it's roast level.

We’ve collaborated with this community to design and implement the following initiatives:

  • Youth Agroforestry
  • Native Fruit Tree Reforestation
  • Maternal Women's Health
  • Women's Microcredit

Read more below...

Our Guatemalan beans come from ASOBAGRI cooperative, a great coop that has worked for years to achieve consistent, specialty-grade coffee favored by many leading micro-roasters. We have been directly trading with ASOBAGRI since 2001. Over the years, ASOBAGRI has instituted literacy courses, organic and sustainable farming trainings, reforestation, youth in agroforestry programs and many other initiatives made possible by Fair Trade and Direct premiums.

We have worked directly with farm communities in Guatemala for over two decades during times of danger and peace. Our innovative, award-winning programs include microcredit, women�s health and youth self-esteem.


A mountainous country speckled with a dozen different indigenous peoples trying hard to hold onto their cultures in a globalizing era, Guatemala produces amazing coffees. There are actually eight identifies microclimatic regions around Guatemala and each will produce a slightly different flavor profile. Notable regions include Huehuetenango (acidic and winey), Chimaltenango (sweet, acidic, citrusy), Lake Atitlan (full-bodied and citrusy), and Antigua (rich aroma, sweet taste). The dominant characteristics of Guatemalan coffees are their smoky, bold taste, pleasant acidity, and hidden sweetness.The volcanic slopes of Huehuetenango produce a small, dark green bean that delivers a smoky flavor, medium acidity with vanilla and chocolate undertones.

Youth in Agroforestry Program (2017-ongoing):

  • Young farmers fruit tree reforestation and income program
  • Empowering young farmers with information and land to continue in agricultural traditions of their ancestors
  • Educating farmers on how to combine traditional farming techniques with new technologies to combat climate change
  • Funding commitment to date: $16,000

Empowering Girls in Guatemala (2008-ongoing):

  • supporting health, education and social support for girls and young women
  • Funding commitment to date: $8,000


Roya Education and Prevention in Central America (2015-ongoing):

  • education and support to help stop the spread of Roya (coffee leaf rust)
  • Funding commitment to date: $7,000


Past Projects:

APROS Women�s Health Program Support

  • Supports APROS programs in the Lake Atitlan region for widows, maternal health and education
  • CHICA, the first �girls-training-girls� peer education program in Central America
  • Powerful in building self-esteem and generating income for scholarships


"Coffee Talk" � indigenous radio programs with Cultural Survival


"Coffee Kids" Loan Program

  • Brought women's microcredit and health promotion projects to Guatemalan communities


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Acidity
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Aroma
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Aftertaste
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Annabella

Love deans beans- smelling and savoring these deliciously satisfying brew is one of my gifts to self where I can. I am happy also that Dean has a caring attitude to his collective of growers . Thanks!

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Animal Poet (Leeza)
LOVELY COFFEE TO TAKE YOU FROM BREAKFAST THROUGH DINNER

Lovely, lovely coffee to take you from breakfast through dinner. Nice body and a pleasing sweetness give meals just the right finishing touch, and provide a wonderful wake-up accompaniment to breakfast.

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Animal Poet (Leeza)
Compassion & courage come with each cup of this lovely coffee!

Your first cup of this coffee will make you feel as if you are already with a best friend! It is a delightful coffee with sandwiches, dessert and to dunk your cookies. This medium roast slides comfortable into your coffee repertoire alongside its "quirkier" coffee-colleagues! It is simply lovely! And this is no small enjoyment as brought to us steadfastly in the face of global catastrophe that has presented roadblocks to "normal" day-to-day functioning: when much stopped, the coffee kept coming and the forests for our avian population were not neglected. Compassion and courage come with every cup of this wonderful coffee!

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Animal Poet
A comforting coffee that can be part of every coffee lover's repertoire!

Coming home after surviving a skirmish with Covid-19, I appreciated lots of things, among them how much the "small" things are not at all small and how much courage it takes to carry on in the face of apparently insurmountable, mountaimous challenges. I was away from my great coffee for a while. It was a surprise to me what a substantial joy it was in my life to come back to Dean's Beans coffee. Lovely Guatemalan Medium Roast can be part of every serious coffee lover's coffee repertoire: its taste is comforting and lovely on the palate and after swallowing. It is terrific with sandwiches and for dipping your cookie. In these often grim times, such coffee is a not-so-small comfort. Enjoy this friendly coffee anytime. The other thing I saw which is worth noting is the indomitability, strength of character, largeness of heart and sheer courage for folks just to carry on. The members of ASOBAGRI Cooperative in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, who have carried on in the face of global disaster; the Dean's Beans artisans and administrators who have kept the coffee coming. This is a monumental undertaking: they make it look "simple!" To the growers, to the roasters, to the administrators: THANK YOU.

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Craig
Great coffee

I tend to prefer light or medium roast beans, and I've tried most of Dean's medium beans. This mild, flavorful coffee is the one I always get now. I grind the beans a little on the coarse side and use an Aeropress (similar to a French press).

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