House Filter: Primavera Sisterhood | Guatemala

More about Primavera Sisterhood:

This regional lot is composed of coffees produced by female small-holder growers based around the San Antonio Huista town in Huehuetenango region. Growers harvest and process coffee at their own farms and sell directly to our exporting partner Primavera’s collection point in San Antonio Huista. Primavera’s quality control team then combine appropriate coffees to form this regional lot.

Gender equity is a longstanding challenge in the coffee industry with women farmers having less access to land, credit and education despite making vital contributions to coffee production. Research has shown that when women are empowered to make decisions, including financial decisions about their coffee farms and families, communities are more successful and their needs are better met. As Primavera explain : "We purchase quality coffees from smallholder farmers in Huehuetenango each year to blend into a balanced, classic profile for coffee roasters around the world - each unique lot has full transparency and is traceable to the farm level. For the Sisterhood blend, we used these same guidelines but selected only coffees produced by women coffee farmers."

This blend not only highlights the work of women growers, the additional premiums paid for this coffee are used for workshops for women producers. 

About Primavera Coffee:

As with all of our coffee from Guatemala this lot has been sourced with the help of our friends from Primavera Coffee. Primavera are a Guatemala based exporter as well as an importer here in the UK. Headed up by Nadine Rash Primavera Coffee are a company built on values of quality, transparency and sustainability. Having operations in Guatemala, Primavera are not only able to work directly with small producers and cooperative, they also employ local agronomists who are able to provide vital support in the fields such as technical advice on farming, fermentation and post-harvest processing practices.

Always striving to optimise value for producers, Primavera operates with fair margins to cover their costs and logistics. As they explain: “Sourcing directly from the coffee growers shortens the supply chain, allowing us to give them more of the financial benefits for their coffee. Not only is the price fairer for the producer, this form of direct trade allows farmers to be recognized for superior quality, efforts and enthusiasm.”