{"product_id":"rabbit-hole-coffee-luis-roldan-red-catuai-guatemala","title":"Rabbit Hole Coffee - Luis Roldan Red Catuai (Guatemala)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImpressions:\u003c\/strong\u003e cranberry sauce, candied cherries, chocolate, almonds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast degree:\u003c\/strong\u003e light-medium (\u003cstrong\u003e3\/5\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guatemala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Casillas, Santa Rosa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e El Durazno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarmer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luis Roldan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red Catuai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Washed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePartner importer:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semilla.ca\/projects\/3tCy0asqKbocGDuto1EEdX\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSemilla\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe coffees we buy from Luis holds a special place for us. It is the \u003cstrong\u003efirst coffee we bought from Semilla\u003c\/strong\u003e - 5 years ago already! - \u003cstrong\u003eto support the important work they are doing by bringing peripheral smallholder farmers to the forefront.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEven though Semilla's work is important in all the origins they work in, the adversity faced by these farmers in Guatemala stands out, and we had to get behind their efforts to break the coffee paradigm keeping millions in poverty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis group of \u003cstrong\u003eIndigenous Xinka\u003c\/strong\u003e people are interested in developing an international market for their coffee, and therefore finally receiving fair prices for their work.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFive harvests ago, Luis had never sold coffee on the international market. He had 14 bags ready for export, and we took them all. And these 14 bags from one producer lead to us now buying around 100 bags yearly from smallholders in the region, making these lots the most impactful on our menu.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoffee can be a force for good\u003c\/strong\u003e, and buying as much as possible from initiative combatting the extractive nature of coffee is essential.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe group is also actively involved in \u003cstrong\u003eresistance against the illegal exploitation of a silver mine\u003c\/strong\u003e by Vancouver-based Pan-American Silver. This Canadian company wants to go ahead and \u003cstrong\u003eexploit the mine on Indigenous land\u003c\/strong\u003e despite being in contravention of the United Nations Declarations of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe are proud to join Semilla in their efforts to stand on the side of Indigenous sovereignty and landing our support for this producing group. Not only does Semilla buy the coffees well above market prices, they also lend their voices as \u003cstrong\u003eCanadians against\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ethis\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eillegal extractive project\u003c\/strong\u003e. Buying this coffee has an impact well beyond taste or the raw material itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Luis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuis, an agricultural engineer by trade and a university teacher who ran for mayor in Casillas, is an active member of the Mataquescuintla resistance group.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn recent years, he was instrumental in using his contacts with local NGOs to acquire an eco-pulper, which allows producers to not only process their coffee to parchment in their own beneficios, but also to do so with a minimal amount of water, given that the whole region has been drought-stricken for years and water is a precious commodity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuis also started a local roasting brand to help generate revenues for families in the region.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Although specialty roasters typically name their single origin coffees after its growing region or farm - this one was named after the farmer in charge. Luis is not only a farmer and a agricultural engineer, but also a well respected leader of a producing group called Cafe Collis Resistencia formed from the Indigenous Xinxa community. While the coffee produced by the group is pure gold with notes of Nougat, Vanilla and Almond, the group also uses their energy to protest an illegal Canadian-owned silver mine on indigeonous land. 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