Monthly Coffee Tastings with Raul Rodas
This month’s coffee
Soledad
Finca La Soledad, nestled in Guatemala’s Acatenango highlands, is a family-run estate renowned for its precision and sustainability. Half its 90 hectares remain forested, while the rest yields exceptional coffees grown in volcanic soil at high elevation.
The Pérez family combines generations of craft with modern experimentation—meticulous handpicking, on-site quality control, and washed or experimental processes. Their Geisha lots express remarkable clarity and elegance: floral, tea-like aromatics with stone-fruit sweetness.
Each cup reflects the farm’s harmony of heritage, terroir, and innovation—a benchmark of Guatemala’s specialty coffee excellence.
Finca La Soledad has regularly placed and won the Cup of Excellence. Roasted by Raul Rodas in Guatemala City.
Brewing Suggestion:
15g coffee to 240g water
92 degrees Celcius
45g bloom for 30 seconds
Medium / Fine grind
Region
Acatenango
Process
Washed
Varietals
Pacamara
MASL
1,600 – 1,800 M
Meet your roaster at origin
We are so excited to collaborate with World Barista Champion, Raul Rodas, to custom roast your coffee for this series.
Raul is a green buyer and owner/roaster of Paradigma Coffee in Guatemala. His approach to coffee is unique, involving regional small lot producers directly in the design, cultivation, and processing of each coffee.
His coffees push beyond the full-bodied, chocolate character that has traditionally marked Guatemalan coffees and explore a fresh range of flavor profiles through natural process and fermentation.
Raul won the World Barista Championship in Vienna in 2012 and a three-time winner of Guatemala’s Brewer’s Cup.
Coffee designed for equity
We do things a little bit differently in the modern coffee trade. In fact, we don’t trade at all. We partner directly with producers and roasters to craft coffee in small batches - all from origin.
Roasting at origin means you get coffees that are uniquely reflective of each region. Producers and roasters working together to express their craft, varietals, and time-honored growing traditions.
It also means more what you pay stays in coffee producing countries versus typical coffee models that focus on trading green coffee.
Member Discount
Your membership comes with a 15% discount for all orders. Use code ORIGINMEMBER