Green Guatemala Ella

GREEN UNROASTED COFFEE Region: San Marcos, Fraijanes, Santa Rosa Nuevo Oriente Producer: Ella - Women Producers of Guatemala Farm: Armenia Lorena, La Joya Grande, Santa Rita, Huehuetenango Altitude: 1400-1750 meters Varietal(s): Bourbon, Caturra, Catuaí Process: Washed Roast Level: Full City  Tasting Notes: brown sugary sweetness, full creamy body, orange and berries, pleasant nuttiness  For more than a decade we've cultivated deep relationships with a few women farm owners around our home in Huehuetenango. For decades producers like Ana Maria Ortega and Paty Perez have shown us the special strength, resiliency, and generosity of women in key leadership roles at the farm level.Across Guatemala, women are the majority labor force on coffee farms, from picking to export. And around the world women comprise up to 70% of farm work while owning disproportionately few assets and land. Despite limited access, discrimination and violence, many women have forged their own paths for their famili