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Takes 2 Federicos
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Portrait: Experts in their own areas
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The fruits of a year of labour
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Natural drying
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Coffee rust/Roya
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Another view of the affected trees by Roya
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Back breaking work
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Another rust affect tree
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Not so raisin
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Women pickers
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Chat of the day
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Sorting
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Weigh in
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Recording
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Hard work
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Natural drying beds of Los Pirineos
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Raised beds
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Planting
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Keeping it nice and cool
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Little soldiers
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Are you impressed?
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Checking into Beneficio Tuxpal to say hi to one of the nicest coffee families in the country and a sneak preview to the coffees processed in this mill this year. Yield in most farms is still ravaged by the coffee rust but quality seems to be holding up. W
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15hrs on after leaving Guatemala City, not helped by road blocks by disgruntled locals angry with rising electrical tariffs, we finally arrived in Finca Vista Hermosa as the light starts to fade but with such a view the next morning, it definitely felt li
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Lovely day to start in Huehuetenago! #nyloncoffeetravels
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Lots of mangoes and bananas at the local market in Huehue, ended up with a yellow feast of fruit intake 🍌
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Visited my first Maya ruin on our way back into Huehue city, quite a sight to behold #nyloncoffeetravels
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Parting shot of Volcan de Agua overlooking the city of Antigua. This area has 3 distinct volcanoes overlooking the city and a prominent coffee producing region in Guatemala. We were fortunate to be treated to a lovely home cook meal by the aunt of our hos
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Gilberto Baraona (left), owner of Los Pirineos and farm manager, Luis Gutierrez
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Gilberto at Los Pirineos
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Orange Bourbon