- Origin: Guatemala
- Town: San Antonio Huista
- Region: Huehuetenango
- Process: Washed
- Processing: Washed in each individuals’ wet mill, and then sun dried on patios
- Elevation: 1600-1800 masl
- Soil: Clay
- Shade Trees: Gravilea, Chalun and Fruit treed
- Variety: Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai
- Tasting Notes: Red Apple, Caramel, Milk Chocolate
- Harvest Year: 2024
- Importing Partner: Primavera Green Coffee
- Partnership length with Firelight: 2 years with Primavera Green Coffee, 1st launch of this coffee
- Brewing method recommendation: Drip, French Press, Aeropress
From our exporting partner, Primavera Green Coffee:
Primavera Sisterhood is a twist on our popular regional blend from Huehuetenango. Gender equity is a longstanding challenge for the coffee industry; women coffee growers have less access to land, credit, training, and basic education even as women make key contributions to plant care, harvest, and processing coffee. Research has shown that when women are empowered to make decisions, including financial decisions about their coffee farms, families and community are more successful and their needs are better met.
We purchase 84 and 85 point coffees from smallholder farmers in Huehuetenango each year to blend into a balanced, classic profile for coffee roasters around the world - each unique lot has full transparency and is traceable to the farm level. For the Sisterhood blend, we used these same guidelines but selected only coffees produced by women coffee farmers. Extra funds for this coffee go to putting on workshops for women producers.
Women producers who contributed to this lot: Trinidad Lucia Mendoza, Josefa Evelia Hernandez, Maria Cardona, Iris Liseth Cano Merida, Celia Andrea de Leon
FAQ
When do you roast and ship?
Our current production roast days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Any order placed during the week will be roasted and shipped on the next roast day.
What shipping methods do you use?
Single bags are shipped via USPS First Class Mail. Multi-bag or large orders typically ship via UPS.
Where do you roast?
We have been roasting in West Midtown, Atlanta for over 10 years! Our production roastery and lab is unfortunately not open to the public at this time.
How do you source coffee?
A number of different factors go into the decision to source each coffee that eventually ends up on our menu. The most important of these are ethics, quality, sustainability and freshness.
Shipping
Fast shipping
Orders are typically shipped the same day they are roasted. Single bags are shipped via USPS First Class Mail. Multi-bag or large orders typically ship via UPS.
Order tracking
You will receive tracking information via email when your order ships.
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Recyclable Packaging
Our 12oz bags are recyclable in areas that accept #4 LDPE plastics. Take it along with your other hard-to-recycle plastics to a center that accepts and sorts them, or send them to us in a Send Back Recycle Pack!
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