$68.50
Wholesale - Guatemala ASPROCDEGUA, City (mild) Roast, Fair Trade-Organic
Cupping notes: Pecan/Vanilla/Stonefruit
Co-Op: women smallholder members of ASPROCDEGUA
Region: Huehuetenango
Altitude: 1,600-2,200m
Process: Washed
Certifications: Fair Trade, Organic
Asociación de Productores de Café Diferenciados y Especiales de Guatemala (ASPROCDEGUA) is a producing organization that was founded by a master cupper named Noe Quintero. The producing members own small farms, an average of 2 hectares each, on which they plant coffee as well as other crops for diversification, including bananas, citrus fruit like oranges and lemons, avocado, guava, and cassava.
The women’s association is not a formal sub–co-op, but the premium earned for their Women Coffee Producers lots goes toward organic fertilizer distribution to the women farmers, among other benefits. In 2020, the premium was used to purchase dairy cows for the women, which were distributed to both augment their household nutrition and to give them better access to organic matter from which to make their own organic compost.