Sorting Coffee Beans at La Voz Cooperative, San Juan, Guatemala

A worker sorts green coffee beans at the La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala. The cooperative processes coffee grown by smallholder farmers in the Lake Atitlán highlands, where producer associations help members market their crop and maintain quality standards. Hand sorting removes defective beans before roasting or export, an essential step in grading and preparing specialty coffee for sale.

Photo taken in March 2020.