Guatemala Tierras Altas

Sweet and round coffee cup, with notes of caramel, citrus and pecans.

Many believe that coffee was first introduced to Guatemala by the Jesuits around 1750, though there are accounts of it being grown and served in the country in 1747. As in El Salvador, coffee only became an important crop in Guatemala after 1856, when the invention of chemical dyes reduced demand for indigo, which was at the time the main cash crop.