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„The most famous regionalmarket names are Antigua, from the countryside west of the old capital of Guatemala;Coban, from Alta Verapaz, a district a hundred or so miles northeast of Antigua; and theless celebrated Huehuetenango, from a district about a hundred miles northwest of the oldcapital. The Antigua coffees are most famous, but some specialty roasters feel that theyhave become inconsistent owing to the complacency of many of their producers, and preferthe similar but lesser-known coffees of Huehuetenango. Some shops may advertise theirGuatemalan coffees by grade; the highest grades are strictly hard bean, indicating coffeesgrown at altitudes of 4,500 feet or higher, and hard bean, indicating those grown between4,000 and 4,500 feet. Well-known Guatemalan estates include San Miguel, Capitillo, SanSebastian, and Los Volcanos.“
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„The most famous regional market names are Antigua, from the countryside west of the old capital of Guatemala; Coban, from Alta Verapaz, a district a hundred or so miles northeast of Antigua; and the less celebrated Huehuetenango, from a district about a hundred miles northwest of the old capital. The Antigua coffees are most famous, but some specialty roasters feel that they have become inconsistent owing to the complacency of many of their producers, and prefer the similar but lesser-known coffees of Huehuetenango. Some shops may advertise their Guatemalan coffees by grade; the highest grades are strictly hard bean, indicating coffees grown at altitudes of 4,500 feet or higher, and hard bean, indicating those grown between 4,000 and 4,500 feet. Well-known Guatemalan estates include San Miguel, Capitillo, San Sebastian, and Los Volcanos.“
http://www.lucidcafe.com/bycountry.html
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„From the region of Antigua in Guatemala, Central America. We produce the finest gourmet Guatemalan coffee. The beans are grown, roasted and packed in Guatemala. In the past two years, our tests of beans from higher altitude areas in Guatemala have yielded an exceptional flavor.“
http://www.timeforcoffee.com/coffeetime/ about.htm
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„Coffee drinkers: The crisis is far from over. Prices may have risen, but barely to cost of production in Central America. On coffee farms and villages that long before prices plummeted were sources of the cheapest labor, children are still dying of hunger.“
http://www.equalexchange.com/partners/ guatemala2.htm
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„Guatemala Farm Rape Clouds Free Trade Debate -- GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The rape of a teen-age girl on a Guatemalan coffee farm is raising doubts about the Central American country's ability to clean up its labor record and win U.S congressional support for a free trade agreement.“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ update.html
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„Costa Rica has set the standards for fine wet-processed coffee for the rest of Central and South America. The most famous coffees by region are Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Herediá, and Alajuela. Most Costa Rican coffee comes from a hybrid called caturra and is characterized as bright and full bodied. Other popular varieties are Mondo Novo and Catuai. The best coffees, which are grown above 3,900 feet, are designated as "strictly hard bean". The "good hard bean" classification is given to coffees grown from 3,300 to 3,900 feet.“
http://www.coffeeresearch.org/coffee/ costarica.htm
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