Deep in Agua Dulce on the western frontier of Huehuetenango, hours from the city, Patricia Perez lovingly and deftly cares for her coffee plants from blossom through harvest. Patty has been producing just her own coffee at Finca El Diamante for just over thirteen years now. Having come from a family with over eighty years of cultivating coffee, she mines generations of wisdom in her processes. It’s no wonder that El Diamante lots are exemplary each year for their distinctive tropical fruits, sweetness, and clarity, from the main Diamante lot to her Maragogype.
Their values at El Diamante are to produce the best coffee that they possibly can with what they have and also to be a strong part of the local community. She values sensible buyers; meaning someone who listens and understands that there is a lot more to coffee than meets the eye and will care about the people and community as well as the quality of the coffee year after year.
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