Guatemala El Fogon

Guatemala El Fogon: The FEDECOCAGUA Cooperative

FEDECOCAGUA was established in 1969. The organisation now has 20,000 members, 70% of which are members of indigenous groups from various regions across Guatemala, including Huehuetenango, Cobán, Verapaces, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, and Zacapa. The organisation is made up of over 150 individual co operatives that supply the coffee.

As the main exporter of coffee from Guatemala, Fedecocagua is perfectly positioned to provide everything from speciality microlots to undergrade stocklots via certified main grades. Their dry mill is in Palin, one hour south of Guatemala City. Each lot is identifiable through an individual code, with volume, cooperative name and delivery date. There are a number of collection points and warehouses in other locations such as Huehuetenango, which allows for the grouping of parchment lots before transporting to the dry mill for final prep and QC.

The warehouse has showers, lockers, laundry rooms and even beds for the workers, as well as a cupping lab and storage for 75,000 bags. There are 10 fulltime staff, including a Q grader. Most of the coffee from Huehue for Fedecocagua comes through this facility. A water recycling facility is in the final stages of being operational, with an on site well providing clean water and rainwater being collected and used for watering plants and grass on the site.

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