Pumpkin the Face - Dark Roast

The Story Behind the Coffee

Meet Todos Santos, a collective of 276 courageous women coffee farmers known as ‘Mujeres luchando por un mejor futuro’, or Women Fighting for a Better Future. Located in remote highlands of Huehuetenango, many men have left their families to work in the US. The women are left to raise their families, manage their farms, and bring in an income. A decade ago, the women of this community were tired of doing it all alone. Banding together, the community leaders gathered more women unto themselves and began talking solutions. Soon, they had gathered over 200 small producer women, and formed an association to benefit the whole community. 

Our importer Onyx visited this past Spring, tasting their coffees with them and running brewing classes. They also partnered with exporter K-Finos, working together to cover the expenses of an expert agronomist for consultation and continuing community education on varietal cultivation, nursery care, fertilization and soil health, and processing. The women are strong forces for change. They're passionate about education, and hungry for knowledge. They support each other with constant ideation, coffee cultivation and processing development, sharing of resources, and accountability.

Individual smallholder farms are perched on mountainsides between 1700 and 2100 meters above sea level. The climate is cool and often cloudy. The long, temperate season slows cherry maturity, putting the bulk of the coffee harvest between mid February to early May.