Guatemala

Cupping Notes: Medium Acidity, Medium Body, Lemon/Lime, Nougat, Brown Sugar

Grower: 400 Producers from Huehuetenango

Region: Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Altitude: 1,800-2,000 MASL

Process: Fully Washed and Dried in the Sun and in Mechanical Dryers

Varietals: Bourbon, Catuai, and Caturra

Soil: Clay Minerals

Certification: Conventional

Details: Sourced from four-hundred family owned farms located within the municipality of Huehuetenango in the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. On average, producers cultivate coffee on 2 acres of land intercropped with corn and beans produced for their own consumption. The producers have very little infrastructure to process their own coffee so they have partnered with an export company called Unitrade Coffee, which has a centrally located wet mill in Huehuetenango where producers can deliver their cherry. In addition to supporting coffee producers and improve their access to international markets, Unitrade established an organization called CoffeeCare (focused on education, nutrition, and health) to ensure that producers have healthy places to send their children to learn, grow and play while they are harvesting coffee.