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Cristina Hernandez Diaz is a first-generation coffee producer in the town of Petatan in Huehuetenango region. During the harvest Cristina makes sure that only the ripest cherries are picked. Cristina pays more for the pickers to do selective picking and usually this means in total of four passes on the farm during the harvest. The cherries are being depulped on the day of the picking, fermented and washed with clean water. Eventually the coffee is being dried on a patio in the sun from five to six days.
The name of Cristina’s farm, Yulchen, comes from the local indigenous language Popti, and means “Between the Stones”. The area around the farm is covered with large rocks which helps the area to maintain its cold climate suitable for coffee production. Between the rocks are also many little caves which are homes for wild animals like bats and vultures. In the future Cristina is interested in strengthening the agronomic practises and carrying out new processing methods.
“The farm has been our family livelihood and because of the coffee production, we have been able to afford studies for our children.”
