Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Guatemala SL-28, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala SL-28; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇬🇹Guatemala · Huehuetenango

Guatemala SL-28

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TagsGuatemala Huehuetenango SL28 Orange Arabica Single origin La Maravilla Mauricio Rosales Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇬🇹GuatemalaSL28

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

—

Variety

SL28

Process

—

Roast

—

Tasting notes

Hibiscus, Blood Orange, Cola

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

—

Why some details are blank

processThe older exact Intelligentsia product page does not disclose its processing method; the washed method on the newer Kape’tenango release was not transferred.
altitudeNo exact-lot elevation is published for this older release; the newer release’s 1,600–1,800 m range was not transferred.
harvestNo harvest period is published for this older release; the October–December 2025 dates belong to the newer Kape’tenango listing.
gradeNo formal green grade is published for the exact older release.
roast levelIntelligentsia uses its proprietary Bright label, which was not converted into a conventional light, medium, or dark value.
public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release rating was verified.

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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 SL-28
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
SL28
Documented
05
The farm
La Maravilla
Documented
06
The farmer
Mauricio Rosales
Documented
07
The region
Huehuetenango
Documented
08
The country
🇬🇹Guatemala
Documented

From the producer

Mauricio Rosales established La Maravilla with his father in 1997 and now works with his son Luis. Intelligentsia identifies the farm in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, as a direct-trade partner since 2003.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents this as a special selection from SL-28 trees planted at La Maravilla to explore how the Kenya-associated cultivar adapts to the farm’s Guatemalan terroir.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The coffee documents a Kenya-associated SL-28 planting at a named Huehuetenango farm with a long producer–roaster relationship, while keeping farm-wide context separate from undisclosed lot-specific processing and elevation.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Offer reconciled

Added the exact older release’s $30 USD price, 7 oz format, and current sold-out verification.

Location structured

Added La Libertad and Huehuetenango while retaining the verified La Maravilla, Mauricio Rosales, and SL-28 relationships.

Release boundary protected

Separated the older Guatemala SL-28 from the newer Kape’tenango SL-28 and did not import the newer lot’s process, harvest, elevation, or flavor notes.

What was added?

Structured price, currency, town, subregion, refreshed provenance notes, and current availability verification.

What wasn't added?

No process, exact-lot elevation, harvest, formal grade, conventional roast category, public rating, or owner tasting content.

Why it matters

The page now preserves an older release accurately instead of silently merging it with a newer coffee from the same farm and cultivar.

What you might taste

Hibiscus, blood orange, and cola, as published for the older release by Intelligentsia.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-sl-28
· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-kapetenango-sl-28
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/roaster/intelligentsia

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 2026-10-29) 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

Search results provide the roaster listing, menus/catalog traces, and roaster-level index material, but no independent exact-release tasting review or comparable score. Cherrybook’s lot value is an evidence index influenced by roaster-wide signals, not a public cup rating.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

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

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FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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DO TO THIS COFFEE?