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This delicious coffee is grown near Santiago Atitlán, a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. Santiago Atitlán means “at the water” in the Nahuatl Atitlan language, and “birdhouse” in Tz’utujil Tz’ikin Jaay. The town is located at a bay of Lake Atitlan between two volcanoes: San Pedro and Toliman.

The majority of the residents are indigenous Mayans. It was the capital of the Tz’utujil people in pre-Columbian times and its name was Chuitinamit back then.

Santiago Atitlán is the home of the Cojolya Weaving Center and Museum, founded by the Cojolya Association of Maya Women Weavers. The museum shows the history, tradition, and process of backstrap-loom weaving, and the evolution of the traditional costume of the Tzutujil, the indigenous people of Santiago Atitlán.

Delightfully aromatic with a bright/strong and durable citrus acidity and full body.