Farm: Santa Margarita / Camila Topke
Origin: Chimaltenango, Acatenango
Altitude: 1640m
Process: washed, dried on patios and on raised beds
Varietal: Caturra, Sarchimor, Catimor, Geisha
Roast level: DARK
Notes: molasses, dark chocolate, walnuts, buttery
This super cool single origin is roasted real old school so, at home, it’s a breeze to pull an espresso. This iteration of this coffee reminded us of our grandmothers, who back in the day, would eat molasses on bread as a dessert! Times were real tough back then in La Belle Province but “Grandm’man” made it through cuz they made em tough back in the day! Super delicious, produced uniquely by girl power in Guatemala, we hope to continue to have the privilege of buying from them and roasting up this great green as a 90’s style throwback to old school coffee.
Finca Santa Margarita is the family farm of Camila Topke, a trader at InterAmerican Coffee. Santa Margarita is in large part operated by women. In addition to women coffee pickers, women are in charge of the grafting program and of running the farm’s school and health clinic.
Camila is a member of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) and for a time was vice president of the IWCA Guatemala chapter. She was also instrumental in developing Santa Margarita’s forward-looking environmental programs and is still very active in its management.
