Guatemala
Magarciy Natural

About the producer group

antiago Atitlan, home of the Mayan Tz’utujiles, is also home to Magarciy (formerly known as Cooperative Co-Atitlan). Magarciy is a family-owned wet mill that operates in the format of a cooperative, buying ripe cherry from around 1700 small producers in the surrounding communities. Working with Magarciy gives small producers around Santiago Atitlan access to technical support and higher value markets. At the peak of harvest this year, Magarciy received over 600,000 lbs of coffee cherries in one day! Even with such a high volume, each lot of coffee is traced from the moment it’s turned in, through the wet milling process, and onto the drying patios. Magarciy also has an agritourism program, tends to a coffee nursery, works with experimental coffee varietals, and produces vegetables for income generation outside of the coffee harvest. Kapeh Utz has partnered with Magarciy since 2015!