Bada Custom Blend Brootlegg

Bada Custom Blend is a blend of Guatemala La Hermosa and Rwanda Gasharu Natural. Max Perez owns FINCA LA HERMOSA and has become a well-known and regarded name in Specialty coffee in Guatemala. His certified Organic farms, fincas La Hermosa and Mama Cata sit in the high Acatenango valley in Chimaltenango, tucked between volcanoes. The slopes of Volcán de Acatenango provide the perfect growing conditions for excellent coffees. High altitudes, nutrient and mineral dense soils, steady annual rainfall, and a temperate climate make an ideal micro-climate for exotic varieties. Max began farming in Acatenango in 2010, but his legacy in coffee cultivation goes back 4 generations. After taking many trips to different growing regions in search of the perfect micro-climate and growing conditions, he found them in Acatenango, on one of the highest plots of land in the region. Here, the Perez family quickly divested the land into strategic subplots and planted exceptional varieties throughout. By 2018, La Hermosa was already winning international awards in the Cup of Excellence. 20 workers live and work on the farm during harvest season. GASHARU COFFEE is a family owned farm and processing facility that has been active for over 40 years, supporting the daily livelihoods of their community. More than a family business, Gasharu Coffee carries the coffee legacy in the community and protects the values of coffee as a social cohesion tool, which is threatened as more multinational coffee companies take over more and more of the coffee. By protecting natural resources and establishing more sustainable partnerships to work in synergy with locally-owned coffee businesses and coffee farming communities, Gasharu Coffee has become a pillar in their community and produces beautiful coffees.