Description
San Lorenzo, Guatemala Instant Coffee represents our twelfth release of Instant Coffee. We collaborated with Swift Cup Coffee to bring this offering to market. Just tear open a packet, mix it with about 10 ounces of hot or cold water, and stir. The resulting brew is the next best thing to a freshly brewed cup at one of our coffee bars.
Are you doing a double take at this product? That makes sense because most freeze-dried/instant coffee is absolutely terrible. That is because the worst of the worst coffee is used to make most of the products in the grocery stores. We have been tasting soluble coffee from other roasters and have been impressed with the results. Our R&D process was lengthy and we found the brewing and dehydration process used by Swift Cup offered the best representation of our coffees.
The specialty San Lorenzo, Guatemala Instant Coffee is an amazing alternative to all those times when you can’t get to a Blueprint Coffee Bar or you don’t have your scale, dripper, and burr grinder with you. Some great situations for Blueprint Instant:
- Camping
- Smoothies
- Cooking/Baking
- Visiting your parents over the holiday…..(we see you, 26-month-old can of store brand)
- The office
- A pack in the glove box for road trips
- In your purse/bag for when you can’t make it to the coffee shop before work
- Tucked into a saddle bag to turn that water bottle into a cold brew along your century ride
- On a long flight
- Hotel rooms
CONSUME BY MARCH 2028
ABOUT SAN LORENZO
On his cloud-forested farms in the rolling hills of the Cobán region, third generation producer Luis “Wicho” Valdés III cultivates and processes some of the most sought-after coffees in Guatemala.
Wicho has been growing specialty coffee on his two farms, Finca Santa Isabel and Finca San Lorenzo, for twenty years. Between the two farms, Wicho’s team of managers and around 50 farmers work year-round to cultivate and process wonderful coffees. They prune shade trees, terrace the land to prevent topsoil erosion, and sample soil nutrients to maintain quality throughout each growing season.
Harvest is each November through April. During this season, the farms employ around 500 harvesters from the surrounding communities. The harvesters skillfully select the perfectly mature cherries from the millions of plants that span 70 hectares (more than 170 acres). Then, Wicho’s team expertly processes the coffee cherries at their Santa Isabel mill. Cobán’s humid climate with constant, unpredictable rainfall, makes it challenging to maintain quality during processing. To adapt to this, the team uses multiple drying methods, including raised beds, patio drying, and machine drying. Each technique produces high quality coffee with its own exceptional characteristics.
Wicho works closely with Los Volcanes Coffee. Their mutually beneficial relationship supports quality coffee production not just on his own farms, but for the entire region. Wicho’s team sends their coffee seeds to Los Volcanes’s cupping lab, which evaluates each lot and provides real-time feedback. Then they export the coffee, connecting Wicho to the higher premiums of the global specialty market.
In turn, Wicho serves as Los Volcanes’s base of operations in Cobán. His detailed work and hands-on experience provide a wealth of knowledge to Los Volcanes, helping them support other producers in the region. This kind of collaboration in a network of supportive, sustainable relationships is what makes specialty coffee is so special. From Wicho’s team at San Lorenzo, all the way to our own roastery — and then to your cup — the hard work and skill of hundreds of people are behind each sip of this lovely offering.
TEAM TASTE NOTES
chocolate, brown sugar, almond, orange
