When I was in Guatemala back in March this year, Pasaquim was on my list of places to visit, along with Finca Las Nubes. I have no regret in not going as I have to go back to Guatemala. It's under my skin now and it's a fascinating and beautiful country with some of the most inspiring people and places.

Filter Cup profile: For me this is one of those bright, clean, shiny, citrusy clean new crop wow moments,that is a bright clean wake up with a cocoa like linger . This is a great coffee to start up the day and get those alledged antioxidants to work on the grey matter before embracing the day....
At this juncture Pasaquim is like drinking sweet grapefruit as a filter brew. If you change the length of time your coffee sits in water, such as cafetiere or cupping you will inevitably get chocolaty notes. This is just a "WoW" coffee now.  

It would be wrong not to put this "up there" with the greats and a shining regional coffee example....however you can also find it in espresso as great things happen a little darker...but that should be later in the season, in a perfect world...because this is a stunning cup.

Sololá

This department is located on the west part of the country. It is notable for its traditions and indigenous folklore. This is the land of the Tzutuhil, Quiché and Cackchiquel peoples, all of which are direct Mayan descendants.

Sololá is the capital city of the department and is located 135 kilometers (85 miles) from Guatemala City.

The origin of Sololá is described in the annals of the Cackchiquel people, or the Sololá Memorials – a chronicle written by the end of the XVI century that describes the history of the Cakchiquel people, before and after the Spanish conquest-. Sololá was founded in 1541, the same year its Cathedral was built, when the inhabitants of an ancient place bearing the same name moved to the Lake Atitlán basin. The new town became to be known as Tecpán Atitlán, until the catholic friars christened the place as Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Sololá.

Today, Sololá is still one of the few villages from the highlands where people proudly wear their traditional clothes, which, depending on the fabrics and threads used, as well as the amount of embroidered motives, portray the social and economic status position of the civil and religious hierarchies. Women wear the traditional huipil with red stripes, the dark-blue corte (skirt) with embroidered stripes of many colors, a waist band and the Tzute or shawl. Men wear a white shirt and a wool jacket with a bat embroidered on the back – the symbol of the last Cackchiquel dynasty – with striped trousers with black wool over pants, waistband, apron and tzute, black felt or straw hat, wool shoulder bag (moral) and leather sandals.

San Juan la Laguna
This village is of Cackchiquel origin and its inhabitants are mainly fishermen and farmers, as well as textile manufacturers