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The first half of day 2 down in Guatemala. The next step in the coffee process, dry milling.

Processing after our coffee harvest. I’ll pick up right where the previous blog left off to wrap up talking about my first day there. Following the harvesting of the beans, we carried what we had back down the hill to Angel’s home. (Angel is the farmer we were with) Once back to his home, we sorted through the beans to find any beans that were not red enough, or not ripe. Those were removed, and we were left with the ripe beans ready to go. Here is where it turns into a choose your ending scenario, A) is this coffee going to be “naturally” processed B) is this coffee going to be “washed” process. The choice was B, washed processed....

Quick glance into my first day on the coffee farm.

Introducing my coffee farm experience in Guatemala.

Dear valued customers, I have always enjoyed the outdoors and I want to bring that connection into the Sandhill Coffee brand. In that spirit, I joined an amazing organization called 1% for the Planet. This organization emphasizes the importance of taking care of the environment. Its members consist of individuals, businesses, and non-profits who all believe in the importance of protecting our environment. As of member of 1% for the Planet, we donate 1% of our yearly revenue to an environmental non-profit organization. For 2018, we have decided to partner with the Alliance for the Great Lakes. The Alliance for the Great Lakes works to protect the Great Lakes for today and tomorrow. They involve tens of thousands of people...