Mill's Reserve (ELLA)
Guatemala
Brew Days
Monday, Thursday
Tasting Notes
Dried fruit (Raisin), milk chocolate, and honey caramel
As part of our initiative to diversify our sourcing, provide market access, and highlight the stories of powerful women, we bring you “ELLA - Women Producers of Guatemala”.
What is a Medium Roast?
In 1927, the Colombian coffee growers joined together to create an organization that would represent them nationally and internationally, work for their well-being and improve their quality of life. Their vision is to work for the well-being of Colombian coffee growers through an effective union, democratic and representative organization.
Focus on Women-Owned Farms
Across Guatemala, women are the majority labor force on coffee farms, from picking to exporting. And around the world women comprise up to 70% of farm work while owning disproportionately few assets and land. Despite limited access, discrimination, and violence, many women have forged their own paths for their families through their coffee farms.
Cedar Bean’s Coffee Joint and our growing coffee network of partners are proud to have deep relationships with a few women farm owners around Huehuetenango, in the highlands of western Guatemala.
With our latest batch of Mill’s Reserve, we’re helping to invest in long-term partnerships empowering more women producers. The ELLA blend is a curation of women-produced lots we're hoping to work with more, with a brown sugary sweetness, full creamy body, orange and berries, pleasant nuttiness, and classic crowd-pleasing vibes all around.
Farmers
Farmer: Jovita Castillo
Farm: Finca La Joya Grande
Region: Santa Rosa, Nuevo Oriente
Altitude: 1750 MASL
Varieties: Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon
Farm Size: 40 hectares, 85% coffee growing area
Farmer: Rita Cohen
Farm: Finca Santa Rita
Region: Fraijanes
Altitude: 1700 MASL
Varieties: Caturra, Catuai
Farm Size: 25 hectares, 85% coffee growing area
Farmer: Sofia Plocharski
Farm: Finca Armenia Lorena
Region: San Marcos
Altitude: 1400 – 1650 MASL
Varieties: Caturra, Catuai, Bourbon
Farm Size: 60 hectares, 60% coffee growing area
Varietals
Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai
Process
Fully washed
Elevation
1400-1750 masl
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