Tour of the 19th century coffee plant

Our guide Oswaldo showed us around a working musuem still used to process coffee beans. Here he was showing us the wood burning furnace used to heat the air that dries the coffee beans.

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Fin de Semana en la Finca

February 27th 2007
Guatemala is rebuilding from civil war that destroyed its infrastructure and then combining that with that a huge drop in coffee prices in the late 1990s created further havoc in Guatemala and other central american countries. ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Quetzaltenango

The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more

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