Description
COUNTRY Guatemala
DEPARTMENT Huehuetenango
MUNICIPALITY San Pedro Necta
FARM SIZE 220 Hectares
ALTITUDE 1,550m-1,950m above sea level
VARIETY Caturra
PROCESSING Washed
OWNER Max Ariel Palacios Villatoro
AWARDS Cup of Excellence 2002
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH Since 2017
Golden sultana, toasted hazelnut and milk chocolate. Well structured and balanced, with a creamy body.
La Providencia has been in the Palacios family since the 1950s, and in that time it has been passed down through three generations. Today it is owned and managed by Max Ariel Palacios Villatoro, who has been working on the farm since 1975.
La Providencia is 220 hectares in size and sits at an altitude of 1,550-1,950m above sea level. The topography is steep and irregular, making harvesting very labour intensive and time consuming. All of the coffee is picked by hand by a team of 100-250 seasonal workers, most of whom live locally and join the farm each year. They typically do a least four passes throughout the season (which typically runs from December-April) to ensure only the very ripest cherries are selected.
