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San Juan

San Juan hosts the La Voz Coffee Cooperative, where local farmers cultivate and sort coffee beans essential to quality control and export. This cooperative supports smallholder growers by offering resources and market access, underpinning the regional economy in the Guatemalan highlands.

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Photos from San Juan

Stacks of coffee bags at Guatemala La Voz coffee
Stacks of bagged coffee are stored at the La Voz Que Clama en el Desierto cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala. San Juan La Laguna, on the south shore of Lake Atitlán, is known for small-scale coffee production, and cooperatives there collect, process, and market beans grown in the surrounding highlands. The burlap sacks shown here are part of the storage and distribution system used before export or delivery to roasters and buyers.
Guatemala La Voz coffee bags
Coffee sacks from the La Voz Que Clama en el Desierto cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, are stacked after processing and bagging. The burlap bags are labeled for export and identify the shipment as Guatemalan coffee from the 2016-2017 production cycle. San Juan La Laguna, on the shore of Lake Atitlán, is known for small-scale coffee production and producer cooperatives that market beans for international sale.
Coffee Beans in 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.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative in Guatemala
A trail through the La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, passes between dense vegetation and coffee-growing plots on the slopes above Lake Atitlán. The cooperative is part of the local coffee economy in this Tz’utujil Maya town, where small-scale producers cultivate coffee under shade trees in mixed agricultural landscapes. Such shaded plantation paths are used for access to growing areas and for tours that connect coffee production with community-based tourism in the municipality.

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