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

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala La Maravilla; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala La Maravilla; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala La Maravilla; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇬🇹Guatemala · Huehuetenango

Guatemala La Maravilla

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED
TagsGuatemalaHuehuetenangoBrown SugarArabicaSingle originLa MaravillaMauricio RosalesIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Variety undisclosed

Not tasted. Not scored.

🇬🇹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
La Maravilla
Farmer / Producer
Mauricio Rosales
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
—
Process
—
Roast
—
Tasting notes
apple, raw sugar
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised beds; duration not disclosed
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • varietyThe exact product page does not disclose the cultivar.
  • altitude mThe exact product page does not publish a numeric elevation.
  • fermentationThe exact product page does not publish fermentation details.
  • processLate-harvest selection and raised-bed drying are documented, but the overall process is not named.
  • harvestThe exact product page does not publish harvest dates.
  • roast levelNo conventional roast level is published for 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
    Guatemala La Maravilla
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Maravilla
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Mauricio Rosales
  7. 07
    The region
    Huehuetenango
  8. 08
    The country
    🇬🇹Guatemala
From the producer

Mauricio Rosales manages La Maravilla with his family in La Libertad, Huehuetenango. For this release, Intelligentsia specifically credits his continued investment in expanding and improving raised-bed drying.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia constructed this release from selected late-harvest day-lots after labor scarcity allowed cherries to ripen longer on the branch.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Rather than treating delayed picking only as a defect, the roaster selected exceptionally ripe late-harvest day-lots and paired them with Mauricio Rosales’s improved raised-bed drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Extended cherry ripening

Worker scarcity left cherries on the branches longer, allowing greater ripeness before picking.

02
Day-lot selection

Intelligentsia selected late-harvest day-lots to construct the release.

03
Raised-bed drying

The roaster documents expanded and improved raised-bed drying but does not publish duration or the preceding fermentation and washing steps.

What was added?

No processing input is disclosed for this exact release.

What wasn't added?

Water, fruit, flavorings, spices, cultures, and other inputs were not inferred. Their absence is not claimed.

Why it matters

The evidence documents ripeness selection and drying but is insufficient to classify the full process as washed, natural, honey, or experimental.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists apple and raw sugar and describes pronounced sweetness.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-la-maravilla
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 2026-10-25) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: La Maravilla →Meet the farmer: Mauricio Rosales →
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