The Best Cup of Coffee in Antigua Guatemala
Interesting enough I had visited Hector’s and Tretto Caffé within the last week and I had uploaded yesterday’s and today’s photos to …
Guatemalan Christmas Food
Among the most popular foods found for dinner in Christmas Eve and during Christmas are tamales colorados (red tamales), tamales negros (black …
Coffee and Post Card Writing Time
This was the very first time I became aware of the location of the table with the antique map on top. The …
Breakfasts At Sabe Rico
Sabe Rico Restaurant, Chocolatería & Delicatessen is a great place to have delicious and nutritious breakfasts in La Antigua Guatemala. The range …
Coffee Tours in Antigua Guatemala
Coffee spawns a new industry around Antigua Guatemala: Coffee tours. It was only a matter of time before the coffee plantations open …
Coffee and Volcanoes Around Antigua Guatemala
On the road to San Juan del Obispo you can find this view, where you can see a coffee plantation in the …
Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers
Oh there’s nothing better than a great cup of Guatemalan coffee and the online newspapers to begin a Sunday Morning. I normally …
Guatemalan Coffees Are Truly Green
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for …
The Hands That Rock the Coffee
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
Coffee Colors
In Spanish we use the word café to mean coffee and brown. Coffee berries, however, begin their color palette lifecycle as green …
Guatemalan Weekend Tamal Breakfast
Here’s what a typical Sunday morning Guatemalan breakfast may look like. I say Sunday morning breakfast because normally one can only find …
Coffee, Bagels and Free Wifi
The Bagel Barn is a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala for getting a bagel sandwich, great coffee and checking your email. …
Coffee Field Behind the San Lazaro Cemetery
Come on, just because you’re dead it doesn’t mean you can not have access to good coffee. This coffee field is right …
Time to harvest the coffee in La Antigua Guatemala
So what makes La Antigua Guatemala the best coffee in the world? To get the best cup of coffee of the world, one must start with the right altitude; somewhere above 1,500 meters above the sea level; add lots of fertile volcanic soil; mix in plenty of rain (about six months); stable temperate weather (about 75˚ F / 25˚ C); once you have the above, make sure you plant the best possible Arabica coffee.
Coffee Harvest Time in Guatemala
Yesterday’s photo was a close-up of the coffee bush in the lower left corner of today’s photo. If you click on the image above you can the coffee bushes (the small trees) being harvested under the shadows of the Gravilea trees in San Pedro Las Huertas, La Antigua Guatemala. Around La Antigua Guatemala you can find coffee bushes everywhere, including as part of the hedges of La Compañía de Jesús ruins.