Introduction of Guatemalan coffee beans located in the Central American Isthmus

It is located in the Central American Isthmus, bordering Mexico in the north and Honduras in the south. Due to the high mountains and volcanoes in the country, coupled with the careful care of Guatemalan farmers, the quality of Guanguo coffee appears to be quite excellent. The country's earliest record of growing coffee dates back to 1750, about 250 years ago, but at that time coffee trees were only ornamental flowers and trees in the garden. Until 1800, due to the progress of chemical dyes in Europe, the market demand for ─ locust blue (a blue dye), the most important agricultural product at that time, was severely hit, so the rulers of the country began to promote the cultivation of coffee trees, and coffee beans have become the most important agricultural product in Guatemala since the 1880s.

Due to its excellent quality, Guatemalan coffee won the first prize in international evaluation, such as the first prize at the World Exposition in Paris in 1888 and the first prize at the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. Unfortunately, high-quality Guatemalan coffee has little chance to help the country's economy. The civil war that began during the Cold War did not stop until 1996, and the political-governance situation gradually stabilized. With the development of the global boutique coffee industry in the last decade, the coffee cultivation industry has once again become the basis for local farmers to settle down and develop. Until today, Guatemala produces about 3.5 million bags of coffee a year, making it the ninth largest coffee bean producer in the world, while raw beans account for 40 per cent of the country's agricultural exports.

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The country can be divided into eight coffee-producing regions, namely, the Vera Plateau (Highland Huehue), Antigua (Antigua), Attilan (Atitlan), Koban Rain Forest (Rainforest Coban), Mount San Marcos (Volcanic San Marcos), New Oriental (New Oriente), Arcatel Nice (Acatenango) and Farrakhan Nice Plateau (Fraijanes Plateau). Santa Clara Manor, located in the Antigua producing area of southern Guatemala, is surrounded by Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes to the south. Coffee is mainly grown in the valley system formed by the three volcanoes, commonly known as the Antigua Valley (Antigua Valley). The area is about 1500 to 1800 meters above sea level.

The terrain here is not as steep and rugged as the coffee-producing areas near volcanoes, and the flat terrain is convenient for farmers to grow and harvest coffee. In addition, the volcanic ash from the active Fuego volcano is rich in minerals, which can not only bring sufficient nutrients to the soil, but also help the soil retain moisture, which is really helpful to Antigua, which has less rainfall. (Antigua actually has the lowest average rainfall of the eight producing areas in Guatemala.)