About Finca Sacramento

Over the past few decades, the Rodriguez Family has worked tirelessly to maintain Finca Sacramento. Luisa’s grandfather, originally from Huehuetenango, acquired land in several regions of Guatemala including Finca Sacramento in Santa Rosa. The farm is surrounded by mountains at an altitude of 1,300 meters above sea level.

Luisa recalls one of her first memories at the farm, playing with the coffee in the drying yards and splashing the water from the fermentation pillars with her brothers. Growing up surrounded by coffee motivated Luisa’s desire to learn more about the industry. She studied Chemical Engineering in Guatemala and received a Master’s in Coffee Economics and Science in Trieste, Italy at the Università del Caffè.

After completing her education, Luisa returned to Finca Sacramento to apply her skills and improve the coffee’s quality. In the beginning, it was difficult to implement her ideas for innovation since they involved time, taking risks, and capital investments.

With patience and dedication, Luisa and her family have successfully implemented new practices and, over time, improved the quality of the coffee. Luisa has worked to successfully carry out experiments with different fermentation processes and make improvements in drying to obtain a higher quality product.

Today, Finca Sacramento has many different varietals of coffee that include catuai, bourbon, caturra, castillo, and geisha. The coffee produced on their farm generally has a sweet caramel profile, silky body, and hazelnut aftertaste.

Additionally, Luisa became a professor at the University of Istmo in Guatemala. She believes in the power of education and loves to share her passion with others. Luisa teaches her students about the importance of specialty coffee. About a year ago, Luisa opened her first cafe in Panajachel, Solola. She teaches her customers the importance of specialty coffee and of undergoing the proper extraction and preparation methods to produce a high quality cup of coffee. Luisa hopes to teach other producers the importance of their products in the specialty coffee market.