Guatemala Xinabajul Aler Villatoro

This coffee is from Aler Villatoro, one member of a family group we buy coffee from in the La Libertad district of Huehuetenango. He has two farms in the town of Peña Blanca, both ranging in altitude from 1700 to 1850 meters above sea level. Aler's family have also built out a sizable wet mill operation in the next town over, complete with depulping machine, washing channels, and large cement patios for drying coffee. It's built alongside the river which is the water source for washing the coffee. Aler and his cousin Aurelio also built a mill called "Punta del Cerro" in the neighboring town where they buy and process coffees from other local farmers. (We have some lots from that effort on the way with "del Cerro" in the title). This coffee comes to us through a joint effort of a local micro-mill owner and intermediary to us who are able to process and separate the micro-lots we approve. The coffee is then sent. to a highly sophisticated dry-mill who handle the finishing touches like removing any remaining defects, packaging, and then export the coffees for us. It's also part of our "Proyecto Xinabajul" small holder project in the region, which you can read more about HERE.