Guatemala - Women Coffee Producers

  Tasting Notes: Dark Chocolate, Fig, Red Currant, Black Tea, Vanilla Country: Guatemala Region: Huehuetenango Farm: various women producers Variety: Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai Altitude: 1200 - 1600 meters above sea level Processing: Fully washed Background From Our Importer:  Huehuetenango is the highest and driest of Guatemala's non-volcanic regions. This renowned region owes much to the dry, hot winds that come in from the mountains of Mexico's Tehuantepec plain. The additional heat layers protect Huehuetenango from frost and enable coffee to grow at altitudes of 2,000 masl. In 2016, our importer created the La Morena program to give female coffee growers access to the global supply chain and to address gender inequality in coffee farming. The program started off small; they worked with four IWCA members to import 32 boxes of green coffee beans. Fast forward to 2023: their specialty coffee sourcing team in Guatemala worked with over 800 women farmers spanning the coffee-growing regio