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Hacienda Carmona

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TagsHacienda Carmona Zelaya Family Guatemala Bourbon Typica Washed

The story

The estate was purchased by family patriarch Luis Pedro Aguirre in 1910. Maria Zelaya Aguirre inherited it in 1959, managed coffee and dairy operations for decades, and renewed agricultural practices after severe leaf rust in 2012. After Maria retired and died in early 2024, her nephews Ricardo and Luis Pedro Zelaya continued the estate’s coffee production.

Challenges

A severe leaf-rust outbreak in 2012 prompted plantation renewal and changes to nutrition, irrigation and pruning. The Antigua valley is also exposed to ash and disruption from nearby active Volcán de Fuego.

Innovations

The estate selectively harvests cherry, ferments coffee overnight in tiled tanks, patio-dries parchment and prepares export lots at its own dry mill. Organic by-products are recycled, and day lots are cupped through the family quality-control lab.

Published coffees linked to this farm

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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Hacienda Carmona, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Guatemala · Antigua