About Guatemala Sierra Azul

Sierra Azul is sourced from a cooperative mill in Huehuetenango. It is just classic Huehue (unlike El Injerto which cups like what Antiguas used to be), fruity, winey acidity, medium body.

About HueHuetenango

Huehuetenango is both a city and a municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is located about 250 km west from Guatemala City on the Pan-American Highway & the last major city before the Mexican border.

The coffees from Huehuetenango can be exceptional for both its consistency and quality; some believe this is from the higher altitudes and remoteness of the region and that is has been least compromised by “advances” in mechanization and hybridization. While “Antigua” may be the better known Guatemalan region, many have begun to identify Huehuetenango as their favorite.

This is the highest elevated coffee region under coffee cultivation in Guatemala, and is also the driest. It is also by far the most rugged area in Guatemala, with coffee cultivated in broken and very steep terrain. The region is protected from frost, allowing coffee to be cultivated up to 6,500 feet. Huehuetenango is extremely remote which requires nearly all producers to process their own coffee. Luckily because of the region’s terrain, and the multitude of rivers and streams in the area, access to water for processing is available to most farmers.