Finca El Calagual

Excellence is at the heart of innovation.

Region: Santa Rosa, Guatemala

Farm: Finca El Calagual

Producer: Darwin Fabian

Process: Natural

Variety: Pache

Tasting Notes: Stone Fruit, Raspberry Yogurt.

Darwin Fabian represents a new wave of Guatemalan coffee producers, combining tradition with innovation. As lead cupper and roaster in his QC lab, he works closely with exporter Eduardo Ambrocio, gaining deep insight into specialty coffee. His farm, El Calagual, sits at high altitude in Santa Rosa and has been in his family since the 1890s. With a background in agronomy, Darwin introduced experimental methods and rare varieties like Pache—a delicate, high-altitude cultivar. His naturally processed Pache, dried on raised beds for 24 days, yields a complex cup with notes of stone fruit and raspberry yogurt.