Our Organic Guatemalan Coffee
Our Guatemalan Coffee Offering comes from Finca La Hermosa, tucked within the Acatenango region of Chimaltenango, Guatemala—land that shares its name with the mighty Acatenango volcano.
When Max and Claudia Perez purchased the abandoned farm in 2011, there were no roads, no electricity, and no running water—only the vision of what could be. Leaving behind their full-time work as lawyers, they poured their lives into restoring not just a farm, but a place of beauty and belonging.
As La Hermosa grew, it became more than fertile soil for coffee. It became a bridge—connecting people, creating jobs, and transforming lives. A living reminder that coffee is never just a drink. It’s proof that good things can happen over coffee!
The Origins of Guatemalan Coffee
How It Began
Arabica Coffea trees
first arrived in Guatemala in the 1750s amid the belongings of Jesuit missionaries who’d brought them as beautiful ornamental plants for
monasteries in Antigua.
By 1880 coffee was Guatemala’s top export after the
formation of the Commission for Coffee Cultivation and Production and the
distribution of more than a million coffee seeds throughout the country’s
coffee growing regions.
Gautemalan Coffee Regions
Despite a nearly three century history with coffee that has sparked government land grabs,
government coups, and the ever-present threat of leaf rust, Guatemala has emerged as a source of surprising variety in its product.
Guatemala has eight coffee growing regions--San Marco, Acatenango, Atitlan, Coban, Nuevo Oriente Huehuetenango, Fraijanes and, of course, Antigua--ranging in elevation from 4,300 to 6,600 feet and each producing its own range of flavors, thanks in part to the their rich soils and microclimates.
Little Country
Some estimates rank
Guatemala in the top five producers of high grade coffee in the world, with a
high percentage of its crop considered “high quality”--an enviable distinction every specialty roaster seeks in their beans. It’s no wonder that half its coffee exports go to U.S. coffee roasters and that the crop represents a large part of Guatemala's annual revenue.
So as you might imagine, the complexity of the coffee industry in Guatemala doesn’t only extend to the flavor notes found in its beans. The growers there also live in complex, or, rather, complicated circumstances.
Country: Guatemala
Altitude: 1,900 - 2.100 MASL
Designation: Certified Organic
Variety: Catuai & Bourbon