Guacamaya, Guatemala

Summary 

Guacamaya from Guatemala is a bright and sweet coffee, packed with green-apple acidity and milk chocolate sweetness. Produced in the town of Ajul, this coffee is not only tasty - it was produced with environmental sustainability in mind, thanks to farm owner Nery Pablo López. We best recommend this coffee as an espresso or as a filter brew, but it can also be enjoyed with milk.

Producer 

Guacamaya is the farm owned and operated by second-generation farmer Nery Pablo López. Based in the hills surrounding the town of Ajul, the farm is named after a macaw bird local to the region. Nery inherited the farm from his father, Lauriano Pablo, after being involved with coffee production since his childhood. He’s since expanded the farm to just over 4 hectares, where he has diversified his crops to include beans, avocados, lemons, oranges, peaches and maize in addition to coffee. His coffee is also shade grown, with Chalum and Gravilea trees contributing to an optimal growing environment.

Majority of the coffee production is conducted by Nery and his family, who then sell their coffee to the El Sendero Cooperative. Led by Pablo Gaspar, the co-op was founded in a bid to provide the local producing community with better financial services, yearly training and a rich sense of community. The co-op members each contribute a small amount into the business’s funding, which are then used to better improve their coffee. In turn, the coffee fetches a better price from exporters who are focused on traceability and financial stability for the producers, such as our supplier for this coffee - Melbourne Coffee Merchants. The collaboration and relationships between the involved parties not only provide everyone with a fruitful and sustainable future in coffee production, their pooled knowledge and education ensure an excellent cup at the end.