Guatemala Todos Santos

In the breathtaking highlands of the San Martin Cuchumatanes, a sisterhood of 276 courageous women coffee farmers has gathered together to fight impossible odds. Meet Todos Santos, from a collective known as ‘Mujeres luchando por un mejor futuro’, or Women Fighting for a Better Future.

In this remote part of Huehuetenango, many men leave their families to work in the US and the women are left to raise their families and manage the farms. A decade ago, the women of this community were tired of doing it all alone and decided to organize. Soon, they had gathered over 200 small producers and formed an association to benefit the whole community and the cooperative was born. Individual smallholder farms are perched on mountainsides between 1700 and 2100 meters above sea level and grow mostly Caturra and Bourbon. The climate is cool and often cloudy and the long, temperate season slows cherry maturity, putting the bulk of the coffee harvest between mid February to early May. This is our third year purchasing from this cooperative and this lot is the best yet! We taste caramel, chocolate, cherry, almond, and raspberry. This coffee is also currently featured in our Golden Hour medium roast blend, but we love this one so much we feel it deserves its own release.