Guatemala - La Palma, Yonny Martinez

Yonny is a first generation coffee producer with an inspiring story.
He made the decision to migrate to find work at the young age of
14, and worked for 17 years with the idea of buying land to start a
coffee farm.
Now that he runs a few small parcels of land, he’s faced
challenges along the way, but he’s proud to grow coffee to
support his family, a wife and 4 kids.

Lot Info:

All of Yonny’s parcels’ coffee are processed in his wet mill. He
himself is in charge of the processing of these lots.
The coffee is depulped soon after picking and is fermented dry in
a cement tank. Fermentation lasts 18-24 hours depending on the
weather.
After being washed, the coffee is then moved to a cement patio
where it remains in the sun for about 5 day, spending roughly six
hours in the sun per day.
This parcela is unique because there’s a single palm tree on this
farm, which is very unusual in this area of Guatemala - that is how
La Palma got its name!