Coffee of the Cross Shrine Blend - 4th Place Winner, Cup of Excellence

Fourth place, 2025 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence. The Shrine Blend is a limited lot grown in the highlands of northern Nicaragua by the Guadalupe Cooperative and recognized among the country’s finest coffees.

It pairs an 80% Arara Natural base, a rare variety known for floral aromatics, tropical fruit and syrupy sweetness, with 20% Maragogype, the “Elephant Bean”, for silky texture and refined acidity.

Cup Profile

• Tasting notes: jasmine and wildflowers, panela, mango, vanilla, dried apricot
• Composition: 80% Arara (natural), 20% Maragogype
• Award: 4th place, Cup of Excellence Nicaragua 2025
• Origin: Northern Nicaragua, Guadalupe Cooperative
• Format: 12 oz, whole bean

From the sacred soil of the Guadalupe farms to the Shrine of the Cross: a competition coffee that is also a spiritual offering. Extremely limited; when this lot is gone it will not be repeated.

Guadalupe Roastery is a Catholic coffee company — Traceably Catholic, made by Catholics for Catholics, from the Catholic farm to your table — roasting on demand at origin for families, parishes and friends of the mission. Every bag supports evangelization and Catholic economic renewal, from the coffee farms of Nicaragua to the Mountain of Peace Shrine.