Guatemala Finca San Rafael, Hoja Blanca

This lot comes from one of the first speciality coffee importers we ever worked with! Ryan Chipman and his team seak out coffee growers that are doing a great job and helps to reward them by buying their coffee at a premium! This is an excellent example of that effort! 

This lot comes from 7 families in the Hoja Blanca region alongside some of Don Gerson’s coffees. What I enjoy most about Lote Colectivo lots is that they’re inclusive lots enabling surrounding communities to benefit meanwhile producing a coffee that fits that classic Guatemalan profile we all love!

In our minds, it’s a beautiful balance where both community impact and quality coffee meet together. We love getting to work with farms in a way that’s investing in them individually and in their relationships with the surrounding community. Don Gerson stated, “It’s an honor to be able to process their coffees and extend out to them a better market outlet as a result of our relationship with COI.”