Guatemala Finca Santa Ines Bourbon

The land where Santa Ines de Medina coffee farm sits has been in the Minondo family since the late 1800's. Initially, it was part of a much larger plot of land that was split up among family members in the early part of the 20th Century. These days, the operations at Santa Ines are run by Isabela Minondo and her father Raul. We were introduced to Isabela a couple years back through a mutual coffee connection who was helping her supply small farmers with coffee roasters so they could learn to roast and taste the coffee they produce as a quality control tool. At that time, Isabela was working for the Guatemalan government coffee association ("ANACAFE"), but left two years back to return to help out with her family farm. Santa Ines de Medina sits around 1500 meters above sea level, and is planted in several different cultivars (we picked up lot separations of Catuaí, Bourbon, and this B300 - also known as "Bourboncito", a dwarf breed of Bourbon). This is from a plot solely planted in B300/Bourboncito, which they've aptly dubbed "Aguacate", due to the interplanting of avocado trees throughout. Learn more in our origin post about Finca Santa Ines, including a video tour of the farm.