Guatemala and El Salvador, 2015

14 photos

A large group of visitors and cooperative members posing on grass — The Ken Gabbay delegation with members of the Nuevo Sendero cooperative.

A long cupping table set with cups and sample trays in a lab — Cupping session at CAFCOM.

The group standing together under a large tree — The Ken Gabbay delegation at J. Hill's mill.

Visitors standing around sample trays in a cupping lab — The coffee cupping lab at J. Hill.

Two pickers harvesting among coffee trees — Coffee harvest at Finca Retana.

Rows of young coffee plants under a shade structure — The coffee nursery at Finca Retana.

A crowd gathered on a cobbled colonial street — Sunday in Antigua.

Parchment coffee raked into rows on a wide drying patio — Parchment drying in the sun at Finca Retana.

A man walking between seedling tables in a shade house — The coffee nursery at J. Hill.

Two men standing together outdoors — Alvin Suissa with Mr. Donis, founder of Nuevo Sendero.

A man pruning a coffee tree with shears — The Nuevo Sendero agronomist showing how to prune a coffee tree.

Cooperative members standing in a line outdoors — Nuevo Sendero members welcoming Ken Gabbay's staff and customers.

Three men walking between walls of stacked coffee sacks — The coffee warehouses at Fedecocagua.

Dark coffee cherries raked into rows on a wide drying patio — Cherries drying into natural arabica at J. Hill.

Trip notes

Nuevo Sendero

"New Path", a cooperative in Santa Rosa. Mr. Donis and his family are three generations of coffee producers, still working on their farms.

J. Hill, Santa Ana

One of El Salvador's leading coffee exporters, with a licensing agreement with World Coffee Research. Many new rust-resistant, climate-friendly arabica varieties are being developed in its nurseries.

Antigua

A colonial city 50 km from Guatemala City and a UNESCO World Heritage site, surrounded by farms producing world-class coffee.