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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Hacienda Carmona, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Hacienda Carmona; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Hacienda Carmona; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Hacienda Carmona; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇬🇹Guatemala · Antigua

Hacienda Carmona

Roasted by Market Lane CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsGuatemalaAntiguaBourbonWashedCocoaArabicaSingle originHacienda CarmonaZelaya FamilyMarket Lane Coffee
🇬🇹GuatemalaWashedBourbon
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇬🇹Guatemala
Region
Antigua
Town
San Juan del Obispo
Farm / Station
Hacienda Carmona
Farmer / Producer
Zelaya Family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Bourbon
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Pear, Cocoa
Fermentation
Overnight in tiled tanks
Drying
Sun-dried on the estate’s concrete patios
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mCurrent direct sources give a farm range of 1,620–2,000 m, not one lot-specific point altitude.
  • harvestThe current exact retail listing does not publish a lot-specific harvest period.
  • roast levelThe coffee is sold for filter, but Market Lane does not state one of the site’s standardized roast-level categories.
  • original tasting scoreWho Makes the Best Coffee has not tasted and scored this release.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Hacienda Carmona
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Market Lane Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Bourbon
  5. 05
    The farm
    Hacienda Carmona
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Zelaya Family
  7. 07
    The region
    Antigua
  8. 08
    The country
    🇬🇹Guatemala
From the producer

Hacienda Carmona is owned by the Zelaya family. Coffee production is led by Ricardo Zelaya with Luis Pedro Zelaya; Maria Zelaya managed the estate for decades before retiring and died in 2024.

From the roaster

Origin: Antigua, Guatemala. Variety: Bourbon. Processing Method: Washed. Producer: Zelaya Family. Relationship Length: Since 2009.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A current washed Bourbon from a four-generation Antigua estate, supported by Market Lane’s relationship with Hacienda Carmona since 2009 and the estate’s own wet mill, patios, dry mill and quality-control program.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Selective harvest

Ripe cherry was hand-picked, sorted, and delivered to the estate’s onsite wet mill.

02
Pulp and ferment

Fresh cherry was pulped in the evening and the coffee fermented overnight in tiled tanks.

03
Wash and patio dry

The coffee was washed to remove remaining pulp, then dried on Hacienda Carmona’s concrete patios.

04
Rest and mill

Dry parchment rested before export preparation at the estate’s own dry mill, with each day lot cupped for quality control.

What was added?

Nothing is documented as added during processing.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, or microbial inoculants are documented.

Why it matters

This is a conventional washed process intended to produce a clean, transparent expression of Bourbon and Antigua terroir.

What you might taste

Pear and cocoa in a creamy cup are Market Lane’s current tasting descriptors, not added ingredients.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.marketlane.com.au/products/hacienda-carmona-filter-beans
  • · https://melbournecoffeemerchants.com.au/coffee/hacienda-carmona/
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

What the internet is saying
WE FOUND 1 RELEVANT PUBLIC SOURCES

AI-synthesized from publicly available information retrieved 2026-11-14. This is research, not our original tasting review.

What the sources say

One verified independent exact-coffee editorial source describes this Market Lane release positively as excellent, creamy, and sweet. No qualifying numeric rating was published.

What people love

The independent source praised the release as excellent, creamy, and sweet.

Flavors people keep mentioning
excellentcreamysweet
Internet sentiment

A qualitative summary of public sources, including context. Not a coffee score.

Positive
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