About Finca El Sauco

The story of Marina Beatriz Pérez chales is a beautiful story of a Guatemalan woman surrounded by family. Located in the region in Chanjon, Todos Santos Cuchumatan Huehuetenango, at an altitude of 1700 meters, Marina's family works together to help their father with his farm, El Sauco, where they grow high-altitude coffee, specifically parchment coffee. You can see their banana and lemon trees from their farm, where Caturra and Borbón coffee grows.

In a clean cup (with a little brown sugar) of Marina's family coffee, you can find sweet grapefruit acidity, and a consistent body. through dedicated work and care from the plant to the beneficiary, Marina's family has learned how to manage their plots and obtain their quality score

The family classifies cherry by means of receiving pile, it is pulped daily (in the afternoon), they allow the piles to ferment from 12 to 24 hours (depending on the temperature), washes in pile, and classifies damaged grains, pulp , and vain (float). By means of corotea, after washing, they dry the piles in the patio and on stretchers in the sun for 5 to 6 days of drying with a humidity in the range of 11 to 12%.

The family uses the principle of cooperation (for the support of organizations), community and sustainability to grow (quality) its 85.25 quality score. They enjoy taking care of their farm and put a great focus on rotating their crops to take care of their soil. Marina hopes one day to own her own farm like her father.

When asked "what about your future goals?", Marina replied that one day, she wants to be the owner of her own farm like her father. Marina believes that the future is putting into practice different care methods that are presented to us currently. Marina has ideas of the future and Marina is the future, the next generation.