Kape Nakoj, the arabica highland coffee with high quality sustainable standards. Called ``the coffee of the villages`` of over 1000 small farmers families from the highlands of Guatemala - Kape Kanoj is the network of communities and small farmers in the region and supports its farmers with training, advice and action in cultivation, culture, harvest and processing on their usually smaller cultivation areas of an average of 1,000 square meters.
An international quality product - sustainable, different, tasty and full of culture and experience from 100s of years of highland coffee culture in Guatemala - an extraordinary product from the coffee cherry to the finished fragrant cup of coffee.
Kape Nakoj stands for sustainable training, care and support of its farmers - to give them the opportunity to go through the entire process chain from cultivation, processing to the finished branded international quality product, not only to guarantee the families secure, constant yields , but about opening up visions for their future in harmony with sustainability, quality and possibilities. Enjoy our arrabica highland coffee products with the best possible taste and quality ...
Mision
Absolute quality in coffee that encourages the development of the community, starting with the cultivation and care before, during and after the harvest, committing ourselves to offer our customers the most rigorous selection of the best beans, while maintaining the maximum taste, aroma and keep the freshness.
Vision
To open opportunity and market acces to our small farmers to have the opportunity to offer their highland coffees, whether as beans, or as instant coffee, nationally and internationally as a premium coffee brand directly to domestic and foreign consumers. The basis of success is the sustainable and precise manual work of the families and communities of the Kape Nakoj communities. Success together, highest quality in terms of purity, aroma and taste for the benefit of the families and communities. This is Cape Nakoj.
Origin of Kape Nakoj
Kape: Word that comes from a very important Mayan indigenous language Kaqchikel from which the meaning of Coffee is derived.
Nakoj: It is derived from the word Xenacoj in its original Kaqchikel language and its meaning is: Where the Lion roars.
Birthplace
45 kilometers from the capital of Guatemala is Santo Domingo Xenacoj, a community with more than 400 years of history, famous for rebelling against the Spanish militias and for possessing a unique cultural wealth.
The indigenous people rebelled against a Spanish who wanted to appropriate these lands and fought against the soldiers. This is how this mystical corner of Sacatepéquez was born, says the priest Juan Manuel Larios in his book ``Chronicles of Santo Domingo Xenacoj``.
It is a city that invites you to spend a family weekend to admire each chapter of its history written in Kaqchikel, which dates back to 1580 when it was founded by Fray Benito Villacañas, the Order of Preachers, which later took the name of Dominicans. That is why he names Santo Domingo de Guzmán as his protector, patron and friend.
A Quality Coffee
Some coffee lovers may have their own techniques for determining how good a specialty coffee is, but the SCA Cupping Form has been for long time the official method, establishing a universal way to cup beans.
For this method, there are 10 categories to evaluate with a maximum score of 10. 7 of these are to determine quality, which are: Fragrance and Aroma, Taste, Residual Taste, Acidity, Body, Balance and Taster score. The other 3 categories are Sweetness, Clean Cup and Uniformity, which are used to discover defective coffees.
According to this same scale, only coffees that exceed 80 points on a scale of 0 to 100 can be considered “specialty”. If it exceeds 85 points it is an excellent coffee, and if it exceeds 90 then it can be classified as an “exquisite” variety.
Tasters ratings for Kape Nakoj
Quality Scales
| 6.00 | Good |
| 7.00 | Very Good |
| 8.00 | Excelent |
| 9.00 | Exceptional |
Cup Qualification Endorsed by Dulce Barrera 4th best cupper in the world.
| Smell | 7.50 |
| Taste | 8.38 |
| Residual Taste | 7.88 |
| Acidity | 8.00 |
| Body | 8.00 |
| Balance | 7.75 |
| Appreciation | 8.12 |
| Uniformity | 10.00 |
| Clean Cup | 10.00 |
| Sweetness | 10.00 |
| Defects | 0 |
| Total Score | 85.62 |
Dulce Barrera, originally from San Miguel Dueñas, is considered one of the best international coffee tasters. (2019, crowned as the 4th best cupper in the world).
Our products
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Komal Coffee Beans 400g
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Nakoj Coffee Beans 400g
Q55.00
