Santa Isabel – Luis Valdés Washed The team at El Paraiso

The team at El Paraiso are true masters of experimental coffee processing

This coffee is mechanically harvested and then the cherry is sorted

then transferred to fermentation tanks for a 72-hour anaerobic fermentation

before it makes its way to Djibouti for export

Santa Isabel – Luis Valdés Washed The team at El ParaisoLuis Wicho Valds III is the third generation producer of Finca Santa Isabel. Located among the rolling hills of the San Cristobal town in Alta Verapaz, Cobn, Wicho cultivates and processes one of Guatemalas most sought after coffees. Luis Valds I, Wichos grandfather, purchased the plot of land now known as Santa Isabel in the 1960s. Wichos first memories in coffee consisted of visiting his grandfather at Santa Isabel when he was 10 years old, where he