Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Guatemala Gildardo Pérez, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala Gildardo Pérez; not a documentary photograph

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🇬🇹Guatemala · Huehuetenango

Guatemala Gildardo Pérez

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TagsGuatemala Huehuetenango Plum Orange Blackberry Arabica Single origin Gildardo Pérez Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇬🇹Guatemala

Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇬🇹Guatemala

Region

Huehuetenango

Town

La Libertad

Farm / Station

—

Farmer / Producer

Gildardo Pérez

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

—

Process

—

Roast

—

Tasting notes

Plum, Orange, Blackberry

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

variety idThe exact $25 release sources do not disclose a variety.
farm idThe release is described as single-farm, but no formal farm name is published.
process idThe exact $25 release sources do not disclose a processing method.
altitude mOnly general high-altitude Huehuetenango context is stated; no numeric lot elevation is disclosed.
harvestNo crop year or harvest window is published for the exact $25 release.
fermentationNo fermentation duration, vessel, or atmosphere is published for the exact $25 release.
drying methodNo drying method is published for the exact $25 release.
roast levelIntelligentsia uses the proprietary Bright descriptor rather than a conventional light-to-dark label.
release identityThe later $20 Guatemala ECWx Gildardo Perez has a different title and URL; no evidence establishes it as this same release.
public sentimentNo qualifying independent exact-release rating was found; Cherrybook's index is not a cup score.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Guatemala Gildardo Pérez
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
05
The farm
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The farmer
Gildardo Pérez
Documented
07
The region
Huehuetenango
Documented
08
The country
🇬🇹Guatemala
Documented

From the producer

Gildardo Pérez is a small-scale producer in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, and a member of Cooperativa Esquipulas. Intelligentsia says its Direct Trade relationship with him began in 2020 after he attended the roaster’s Extraordinary Coffee Workshop.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia describes a bright, tangy cup with juicy plum, fragrant blackberry, and zesty orange, and labels the release with its proprietary “Bright” descriptor.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A named-producer, single-farm release from La Libertad, this coffee documents Intelligentsia’s Direct Trade relationship with Cooperativa Esquipulas member Gildardo Pérez.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Verified the exact $25 release

The exact Intelligentsia page confirms the $25 price, sold-out status, proprietary Bright profile, and plum, orange, and blackberry notes.

Reconciled structured commerce fields

Filled the blank USD price fields with $25 and retained the 340 g package corroborated by Cherrybook's exact catalog record.

Preserved producer provenance

Kept Gildardo Pérez and Huehuetenango connected. Intelligentsia's archived release email supports La Libertad, Cooperativa Esquipulas membership, and the 2020 Direct Trade relationship.

Separated a later release

Documented but did not merge the distinct $20 Guatemala ECWx Gildardo Perez page, which has a different title and product URL.

What was added?

Structured $25 USD price, refreshed sold-out verification, release-separation documentation, current research dates, and explicit score provenance.

What wasn't added?

No farm entity, cultivar, process, numeric elevation, harvest, fermentation protocol, drying method, conventional roast level, formal grade, owner tasting, original score, or public-sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The commerce fields now agree with the exact $25 release, while a later product using the same producer name remains a separate record rather than contaminating this lot's provenance.

What you might taste

Plum, orange, and blackberry according to Intelligentsia; these are roaster notes, not our tasting.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-gildardo-perez
· https://milled.com/intelligentsia.com/light-and-tangy-introducing-guatemala-gildardo-p-rez-ToHUV7Q_ePtk0okF
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-guatemala-gildardo-perez
· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-ecwx-gildardo-perez

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

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-11-02) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Cherrybook's exact catalog page was used only to corroborate catalog facts. Its index is an evidence-quality measure dominated by roaster-level Reddit sentiment and disclosure depth, not an exact-coffee tasting score. The later $20 ECWx release was excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Gildardo Pérez →

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Guatemala Gildardo Pérez

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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