Elkin Guzman

Elkin Guzman's coffees originate from the Huila region of Colombia, cultivated within an altitude band ranging from 1550 to 1750 meters. The varietal landscape represented in the catalog includes catiope, bourbon, caturra, castillo, and other cultivars. The process portfolio spans experimental treatments, washed, anaerobic washed, natural, and carbonic maceration methods. The catalog footprint includes representation across six different roasters, with a total of eight coffees indexed and an average Cherrybook Index of 66.3. Recent catalog examples feature the El Mirador lot prepared via carbonic maceration with bourbon from Rogue Wave Coffee, a washed lot from Five Senses Coffee, a natural caturra lot from PERC Coffee, and experimental preparations such as the Catiope Strawberry Co-ferment from Rogue Wave Coffee alongside the Catiope Spring Process and Pink Champagne Process from Vesta Coffee Roasters. The catalog entries illustrate a primary focus on experimental processing methods paired with diverse varietals from the El Mirador farm.