Guatemala Finca Santa Clara Estate Antigua
Grower: Ricardo Zelaya
Cultivar: Villa Sarchi, Caturra, Borboncito, Bourbon, Venecia
Region: Antigua
Altitude: 1550 - 1890 masl
Process: Washed
Finca Santa Clara is located on the southern slopes of the Antigua Valley between 1550-1890 masl and is privileged to have some of the finest volcanic soils to cultivate specialty coffee. The plantation is under strict shade control allowing the coffee trees to get the exact amount of sun to produce this exquisite and aromatic Coffee. The farm is managed and owned by Ricardo Zelaya, 4th generation coffee farmer. He is committed to social projects, including the Santa Clara Scholarship Fund. The scholar recipients are chosen based on their academic performance and financial need; the scholarship covers 70% of their expenses, such as tuition, books, school supplies, and uniforms
Guatemala Organic Quiche Honey
Grower: Various smallholder farmers organized around the Comité de productores orgánicos de Joyabaj, Alita de Xepepen
Variety: Bourbon, Caturra, and Catuaí
Region: Joyabaj, Quiché Department, Guatemala
Altitude: 1700 MASL
Process: Honey processed, depulped and immediately dried on raised screens in the sun
This coffee was grown and harvested by organic certified smallholder farmers across 13 small communities surrounding the municipality of Joyabaj (pronounced ho-yah-bach”) in southern Quiché. It is processed centrally at an experimental wet mill set up in the city center. The wet mill was newly constructed this past harvest by a specialty exporter organization, Federación Comercializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala (FECCEG), representing various smallholder types farmer associations across Guatemala.