Guatemala - La Huerta Washed

Guatemala - La Huerta Washed Region: Finca La Bolsa, La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Producer: Maria Elena Vides Varietal: Red Caturra-Bourbon Altitude: 1550 MASL Process: Washed We Taste: Apple, Almond Butter, Lime Light Roast Jorge Vides, patriarch of the Vides58 family-owned exporter, purchased his first coffee farm, Finca La Bolsa, in 1958. Finca La Bolsa shares a border with Finca El Sarral, which is the farm that produces the coffee that Rival Brothers uses in our Whistle and Cuss blend. Jorge was the kind of man who poured his heart into everything he did. In addition to cultivating coffee, Jorge also worked full-time as a physician. In the beginning, he saw patients Mondays through Fridays and worked on the farm during all other hours. He later became director of the National Hospital of Huehuetenango, which still bears his name today. In addition to producing coffee and saving lives through medicine, Jorge founded a school on the farm in 1980. The school, authorized by the National Ministry for Education, is still educating young people in the community to this day. In 2001, Jorge and his children and grandchildren decided to transition the farm towards entirely growing specialty coffee. In 2002, coffee from Vides58 won 2nd place in the Guatemalan Cup of Excellence. Vides58 also established a joint program with Association Coffee Care, an organization dedicated to reducing instances of child labor by offering educational and recreational programs to children aged 2 to 14. We're proud to offer this coffee for the second year and hope for many more to come. We also will be partnering with Vides58 and our importing partner, Sustainable Harvest, on a clean water initiative that we will be announcing soon!