Women in coffee - A group of 124 female producers have produced this beautiful blend of washed SHB EP FTO coffee. With the support of COMAL (Asociación Civil Comercializadora Maya Alternativa), the producers focus on improving the coffee quality and the environmental sustainability of their farms. They make their own organic fertilizer, attend workshops on entrepreneurship and financial education. They also regularly renew and tend the roots of the coffee plants to keep the trees healthy and productive. Each producer processes and dries her own coffee on small terraces. They all have their own small pulpers, fermentation tanks, washers and parabolic dryers. COMAL organizes the collection of the beans from the producers and delivers them to the FECCEG dry mill in Quetzaltenango. Here the quality team analyzes each batch. Depending on the quality, the coffee is either stored separately and sold as a micro lot or mixed with other coffees from the same producer organization and quality group.