Maragogype Grand

Volcán de Suchitán, Jutiapa Producer · Coffea Diversa Suchitán, founded by Gonzalo Hernández and José Padilla On the high slopes of Volcán de Suchitán, Coffea Diversa maintains something closer to a living conservatory than a conventional coffee estate. Hundreds of rare varieties are preserved and studied here, while only a small selection is produced as individual micro-lots. Maragogype 928 is among the garden's most visually remarkable coffees. It belongs to the Maragogype family, a natural mutation of Typica first identified in Brazil in the nineteenth century, but the 928 lineage displays an especially open architecture. Its tall trees carry widely spaced branches and sparse foliage, producing seeds of exceptional size in extremely limited quantities. These characteristics make Maragogype 928 difficult to cultivate commercially. Its yields are very low and the trees remain vulnerable to coffee-leaf rust. Its continued cultivation at Suchitán therefore represents preservation as much as production. The coffee grows beneath shade trees in nutrient-rich volcanic soil, where warm days and cool highland nights encourage gradual cherry development. After selective harvesting, this lot is fully washed to present the variety with clarity and restraint. Asteri note: An exceptionally low-yielding Maragogype lineage preserved within Guatemala's Coffea Diversa botanical garden, distinguished by its towering trees, extraordinary bean size and clean washed expression.