Christmas Coffee | Guatemala | El Sendero

After a seasonal sabbatical to Costa Rica last year, we're back with a delicious new Huehuetenango for 2024's stockings! 

The El Sendero cooperative is located in Concepción Huista, a short (but bumpy!) sleigh ride south from 2022's Christmas favourite El Coyegual, in the heart of the highlands of Guatemala's most famous coffee-growing department.

The coffee is taken from smallholders in the Huista region around the town.  The cooperative was formed in 2016 and currently serves 659 members. They recently invested in a warehouse to help farmers access the market more easily.

Because there is plentiful water in the area, farmers process the coffee at the farm before delivering to the warehouse.  It is then transported to the La Central dry mill near Guatemala City before being made ready for export.

Merry Christmas folks!