Guatemala et El Salvador, 2017

13 photos

Close-up of orange coffee cherries on a branch — Orange Bourbon cherries at Finca Sierra Nevada.

The group standing in front of the FEDECOCAGUA building — At Fedecocagua's export process plant.

Two men with a rake on a patio of pale drying coffee — Washed arabica on the J. Hill drying patios.

A chalkboard reading Ken Gabbay Coffee on a patio of dark drying cherry — Natural arabica microlots drying at J. Hill.

Close-up of deep red coffee cherries on a branch — Red Bourbon cherries at Finca Sierra Nevada.

Visitors working along a long cupping table — Coffee cupping session at CAFCOM.

Close-up of yellow coffee cherries on a branch — Yellow Bourbon cherries at Finca Sierra Nevada.

Two visitors crouching on a patio of drying natural coffee — On the microlot patio at J. Hill.

People walking across wide patios of drying coffee — The drying patios at La Azotea, Antigua.

A tiled Museo del Café sign dated 1883 — The coffee museum at La Azotea.

A visitor crouching to handle drying coffee on a patio — On the drying patio at La Azotea.

Antigua's main street and arch lit up at night — Main street, Antigua.

A visitor talking beside a cupping table with glasses of water — Coffee cupping session at Fedecocagua.

Notes de voyage

Fedecocagua

Guatemala's second largest coffee exporter and the voice of small producers, exporting Fairtrade, organic, Rainforest and UTZ certified coffees around the world.

Finca La Azotea

Originally a farm growing the cochineal insect used for red dye. In 1883 doña Dominga Mont bought the plantation and her son-in-law, don Marcelo Orive, turned it to coffee. His descendants still run the plantation and mill, and in 2000 opened part of it as a museum.

Antigua

A colonial city founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and once the capital of the Kingdom of Spain in Central America. Today it is one of the most popular sites in Central America, and a big name in coffee.