Roasti Guatemala Juan Rodriguez Coffee Beans

Notes: Milk Chocolate, Caramel, Cranberry
Origin: San Miguel, Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, Guatemala
Producer: Juan Rodriguez
Farm: San Antonio
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1750 MASL
Variety: Pache San Ramon

We are stoked to be able to purchase coffee from another producer who is part of the Cafe Colis Resistencia Co-op.

About the Co-op:
Cafe Colis Resistencia is the name created by Alex Reynoso to identify coffee producing members of the Indigenous Xinka community around Mataquescuintla who are interested in developing an international market for their coffee, and therefore finally receiving fair prices for their work. The name pays homage to their ongoing peaceful resistance to the Escobal silver mine, built without their consent and managed by the Canadian-based extractive firm, Pan-American Silver.
While theoretically the price of cherry is decided in relation to the New York Stock Exchange coffee commodity price, really anything goes for these buyers. As producers have little to no option, they simply sell to whoever they can, and accept whatever price is offered. In 2022, we saw massive increases in price as the C market boomed. Despite that, we still set prices that were above what was locally available and kept those same prices as a base for this year. That means that any grower, regardless of their quality, received 1750 Quetzal / quintal of parchment coffee, and those who invested in their processing set ups received 1850.