Guatemala La Danta

Sweet and balanced with milk chocolate, grape and orange notes followed with juicy red apple. It's our sixth year offering Guatemala La Danta, and it's a coffee that we love, year after year.

THE VIDES FAMILY, AND FINCA EL RINCON

Enter our Guatemala La Danta, another great coffee from Finca El Rincón.  Steeped in history, just like the family responsible for its production, this coffee is named after one of the largest Mayan pyramids: La Danta Temple of El Mirador.

Jorge Vides was a doctor and patriarch of the Vides family. In 1958, he bought a piece of land, surrounded by forests, in La Libertad, Huehuetenango. It was here that he founded his family’s very first coffee farm, Finca La Bolsa, planting it out with beautiful Bourbon and Caturra varieties protected by the warm, dry winds from the Tehuantepec plain. Ever since, the wonderful Vides family has been a force to be reckoned with in speciality Guatemalan coffee production. Milling, grading, bagging and preparing their own coffee for export, the family receives the entire FOB price for their productImage: Vides Family Farm, courtesy of Vides Coffee

Back in 2002, and with little knowledge of just how good their coffee was, general manager Maria Vides and her son Renardo Ovalle decided to submit their coffee to the prestigious Cup of Excellence competition. They did incredibly well, placing second. This international vote of confidence kicked the Vides family into action. They now own multiple coffee farms, all of which produce the same, beautiful quality of coffee for which they are widely known.

Image: Vides Farm, courtesy of Vides Coffee

With a staunch commitment to sustainability, the Vides family integrates environmentally friendly practices and supports local communities by building schools and sharing their rich agronomy knowledge. We’re constantly impressed by just how much Maria and her family invest back into their community.

Rumble is stoked to have La Danta back in 2024, a special year that marks our sixth purchase of this lot and a sixth year working with the Vides family. This awesome coffee holds a special place in our hearts. It’s also a key part of our famed Sweet Science blend!

TRANSPARENCY INFO

PRICING EXPLAINED

 *This is the FOB (Free On Board) price: the price paid to the exporter before shipping, and which does not include shipping costs, weight loss (around 17%), storage and other charges. Ultimately, the FOB price represents the $ figure that stays in the coffee's country of origin, benefiting its producer, community, and beyond. 

^This is the 'raw' price paid directly to the producer, and paid in the local currency for parchment coffee. The coffee is then milled and sorted before being placed in bags, ready for shipping.

SNAPSHOT 

NOTES: Green Grape, Orange, Red Apple