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Guatemala - Huehuetenango - SHB EP - MAYA - Fully washed

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About this coffee

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Renardo and Jacqueline Ovalle are producers with whom we have worked for many years. Very involved with their employees on their farms, we have developed with them a project for a regional coffee that makes sense. 80% of our MAYA coffee comes from the Qawale project.

Qawale is an agronomic, technical, logistical and above all financial support programme for the coffee community in the Huehuetenango region. It is based on 3 pillars: better remuneration according to quality, training for producers and a logistical solution for collecting the coffee.

This coffee is produced by around 400 farms near Renardo and Jacqueline Ovalle, some of which have now made coffee their sole source of income, thanks in particular to the quality premium.

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  • Origin

    Guatemala
  • Region

    Huehuetenango
  • Species

    Arabica
  • Variety

    Blend

  • Process

    Washed

  • Drying

    Patios

  • Packaging

    69kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    1750
  • Harvest period

    November - February
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The region Huehuetenango

Among the three non-volcanic regions, Huehuetenango stands as the highest and driest area under cultivation. Benefitting from dry, hot winds that sweep into the mountains from Mexico's Tehuantepec plain, the region is shielded from frost, allowing cultivation in Highland Huehue to extend up to 2,000 meters aboe sea level. The remote nature of Huehuetenango practically mandates that all producers process their own coffee.

Analyzed to the nearest gram

Analysis performed on incoming sample

2023/2024

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Density

699g/l

Humidity level

10.9%

Water activity

0.5774aw


Screen

+13


Colorimetry

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Project Qawale - Guatemala

The Qawale programme: support for the coffee community.

43%

of producers have reinvested quality premiums in improvements to infrastructure and farming processes, such as better harvesting, processing, drying, grading and fertilisation.

71%

said that the potential quality premium was a key benefit, noted the pride and hope in their community for a more dignified life thanks to the Qawale programme, and said that they had conserved wooded areas or planted reserve areas that will be compensated by the Guatemalan government.

86%

saw no other way of earning a living apart from coffee in the region.

100%

of producers have covered their production costs, prefer to sell their coffee through the Qawale project than elsewhere and say that the training has enabled them to improve the quality of their coffee.

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