Like everyone in Las Flores, Sucy grew up in coffee. As a child, her family didn’t own any land, but rather worked as day labor on other people’s coffee farms.
Eventually, Sucy herself became a landowner when she married William, one of the sons of another one of our producers, Tía Ana. She then became a mother of two beautiful little girls, Lupita and Cynthia.
Sucy is very proud to now be part of a coffee producing family and impresses everyone with her quick learning, detailed processing and record keeping, and never ending work ethic.
The first time we purchased coffee processed by Sucy, we received a 79 SCA coffee, the lowest quality coffee that we’ve worked with. The following year, after training with a processing expert, Sucy gave us an 87 SCA coffee. While many non-coffee people may not understand this improvement, trust us when we say this improvement is practically unheard of!
Be sure to preorder Soldera Noche Buena, El Desayuno and El Dorado, which are all amazing coffees grown, processed and packaged by farmers like Sucy.
In Guatemala, people use the word “pilas” (which means to “battery”) to describe determined, proactive people who get things done. Sucy definitely is pilas! With determination and preservation, she is creating a more stable future for her daughters in which they can have access to good education and health care without having to leave their family behind.
Location: San Antonio las Flores, Mataquescuintla, Jalapa,
Guatemala
Farm Area: ~2 hectares
Altitude: 1700-1900 MASL
Varieties: Caturra, Catuai, Pache Colis
Shade Coverage: up to 90%
Processing: Washed, and unafraid to experiment with
fermentation times and adding yeasts. This year she processed
part of her coffee with an extended 72 hour fermentation in an
anaerobic environment with the addition of Cima yeast.
