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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Guatemala Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Guatemala Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇬🇹Guatemala · Antigua

Guatemala Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsGuatemalaAntiguaYellow BourbonWashedOrangeCherryCaramelArabicaSingle originVandaluzJosué MoralesIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇬🇹GuatemalaWashedYellow Bourbon
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇬🇹Guatemala
Region
Antigua
Town
—
Farm / Station
Vandaluz
Farmer / Producer
Josué Morales
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Yellow Bourbon
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
orange, dried cherry, caramel
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farm namingThe current exact product and exact catalog identify Vandaluz, while an archived Intelligentsia release email uses La Esperanza wording. The existing Vandaluz relationship is retained without creating a duplicate.
  • altitude mThe current exact product and directly relevant release email do not publish a lot-specific elevation.
  • harvestThe exact release sources do not publish a harvest date.
  • fermentationWashed processing is verified, but no fermentation duration, vessel, or atmosphere is disclosed.
  • drying methodNo exact-release drying surface or duration is published.
  • roast level“Comforting” is Intelligentsia’s proprietary label and is not translated into the site’s conventional roast enum.
  • sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release cup review or rating was found.
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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 Yellow Bourbon Vandaluz
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Yellow Bourbon
  5. 05
    The farm
    Vandaluz
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Josué Morales
  7. 07
    The region
    Antigua
  8. 08
    The country
    🇬🇹Guatemala
From the producer

Josué Morales founded Vandaluz as an experimental Guatemalan coffee farm through Los Volcanes Coffee.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia is a specialty coffee roaster that sources high-quality beans and maintains direct relationships with producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Vandaluz is presented as a pioneering experimental farm, and this release isolates its Yellow Bourbon. The official page gives a clear sensory profile while leaving the exact region, elevation, harvest, processing, fermentation, and drying details unpublished.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Exact offer reconciled

Added the documented $25 price, retained the 10 oz package, and refreshed sold-out status from the exact Intelligentsia release.

02
Process and region restored

Used Intelligentsia's exact-release email to establish washed processing and Antigua origin.

03
Farm naming conflict contained

Kept the established Vandaluz relationship because the current exact product and exact catalog identify Vandaluz; an archived Intelligentsia email's La Esperanza wording is documented as conflicting context rather than used to create or relink a farm.

04
Sentiment boundary rechecked

Found no qualifying independent exact-release cup review; the catalog evidence index and roaster-level signals were excluded from public sentiment.

What was added?

Structured $25 price, Antigua region relationship, washed process, refreshed availability, and a transparent farm-naming boundary.

What wasn't added?

No new farm, altitude, harvest date, fermentation protocol, drying method, conventional roast level, roast date, formal grade, or public cup score was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now carries the documented release facts while preventing a conflicting archived farm label from creating a duplicate or unsupported relationship.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists orange, dried cherry, and caramel.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/guatemala-yellow-bourbon-vandaluz
  • · https://milled.com/intelligentsia.com/guatemala-yellow-bourbon-vandaluz-7JXr1jLOuWGbfEqR
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-guatemala-yellow-bourbon-vandaluz
  • · https://volcanescoffee.com/story
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 2026-10-31) 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

The exact Cherrybook catalog was checked but excluded from sentiment because its CBI is explicitly an evidence-of-quality index rather than a cup score, and its Reddit signal concerns Intelligentsia generally. Seller menus, directories, different Vandaluz releases, generic-roaster coverage, duplicates, and older releases were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Vandaluz →Meet the farmer: Josué Morales →
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