Aracely Perez

This is our first time buying coffee from Finca Quejna and we're so happy to have secured a separated lot from such a young, female producer. The amount Aracely harvests is tiny and we only secured 2 small bags of her Caturra and Pache varieties. This will go quickly (we're anticipating about 3 weeks) so best to jump on it ASAP!

We like to write as much as we can about these coffees in our own words but sometimes our exporting partners just do it better. Here's a little of what the team at Primavera have to say about this lot:

"Aracely lives with her parents and siblings in Aldea Com, and it was her father who taught her all about growing coffee from a young age. When he passed along this small parcel to Aracely, she decided to continue producing coffee along with her family members.

This parcel is located a long way from the home, so Aracely and her family depulp the coffee on the parcel right after picking. This also makes it easier to spread the pulp on the plants as an organic fertilizer. The coffee is placed in buckets to move it to the home wet mill at about 2000 meters, where it ferments until it has reached a total fermentation time of 24-32 hours. The coffee is washed in cement tanks and then placed in the sun to dry for about 4 days, where the family moves it each hour in order to ensure thorough and even drying."

In the cup, this coffee is floral and tea-like. It shows all of the characteristics we love about the Guatemalan highlands like sweet, green apple, lingering brown sugar, and chocolatey undertones. This is a unique coffee and one not to be missed.

Producer → Aracely Perez
Farm → Finca Quejna
Location → Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Altitude → 1,700 - 1,800 masl
Varieties → Pache & Caturra
Process → Washed