GUATEMALA El Panal NATUREL

🐝 Guatemala – El Panal
Red fruits and caramel, like a honeycomb in the highlands of Huehuetenango.

Technical sheet

• Country: Guatemala
• Region: La Libertad, Huehuetenango
• Farm: Vides Farms
• Producer: Vides Family
• Altitude: 1,350 – 1,650 m
• Varieties: Caturra / Bourbon
• Process: Natural
• Drying: 16 days on patio
• Harvest: 2025/26, hand-picked
• SCA score: 85.75
• Tasting notes: Red fruits / Caramel
• Roast profile: Omni

The terroir
The story begins in 1958, when Dr Jorge Vides founded Finca La Bolsa on land once covered by native forest. A respected doctor, and later director of the National Hospital of Huehuetenango, he developed a real passion for coffee alongside his career, which became a family legacy.

Today, the Vides family grows coffee on 108 hectares in the highlands of La Libertad, between 1,350 and 1,650 metres, with 1,500 mm of rain a year and temperatures of 15 to 20 °C. El Panal means “the honeycomb”: a name chosen to reflect the bond between bees, forest, coffee trees and the people who care for this land.

The process
The cherries are hand-picked at peak ripeness, then rested for about 36 hours before processing. After sorting by density and quality, they are dried whole for around 16 days on patios. They are carefully turned throughout, for even drying and a controlled fermentation that preserves sweetness and fruit.

In the cup
Red fruits and caramel, sweet and balanced.