This lot comes from Petrona Morales of El Recuerdo. Petrona Morales produces approximately 150 bags of coffee on seven hectares of land among the steep highlands of Huehuetenango where warm gulf winds collide with cool mountain air to produce a wide variety of microclimates and some of the world’s finest coffee. She has been growing coffee for over 20 years. The cool air in the shadow of mountain peeks elongates the fermentation process compared to warmer climates, but the harvest season is usually dry, so the coffee can be found drying on every flat surface available. Like many of her neighbors who harvest coffee on the steep highlands of Huehuetenango, Petrona speaks Mam, the ancient language of a region. The town of Todos Santos itself is actually too high for growing coffee. One must drive downhill to San Martin at 1600 masl to find coffee.