Washed Guatemala - Guadalupe Bautista

Guadalupe Bautista is a smallholder producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, a region where the majority of the local economy is related either directly or indirectly to coffee. Her farm, Finca Alejandrina, is 14 hectares in size, just over 13 of which are planted with coffee. She grows Bourbon, Catura, and Green and Red Pache. For washed lots, the coffee is picked ripe and depulped the same day, then fermented for 40 hours before being washed three times. Drying takes 6-10 days on concrete patios, depending on the weather.