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Visiting the Motherland never gets old

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

The recently anointed “abuelito” to my first born, took us three (my wife, my daughter, and I) to Finca Filadelfia where we enjoyed a tour of the plantation and had a taste of the most delicious coffee we have ever had. Our tour guide, Josué, was kind and knowledgeable, taking us through the history of coffee, and to the process of its growth in La Antigua, and in Guatemala in general. These are some shots taken by my wife during our tour.

Photos Gabrielle Pagé, Text Manolo Romero Escobar

Tags: coffee, coffee plantation, coffee tours, coffee tours antigua, finca de café, finca filadelfia, guest contribution
Posted in La Antigua Guatemala | No Comments »

What Makes Coffee from Antigua Guatemala So Incredible

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Volcanic soil, the perfect amount rain and sunshine and shadow, temperate weather, 5,000 to 6,500 feet altitude above sea level and to start with the best possible coffee berries. That’s all, give or take.

Any other suggestions or things that I might have overlooked?

Tags: acatenango, coffee, coffee plantation, finca, fuego, Volcanoes, volcanos
Posted in Flowers & Plants, La Antigua Guatemala, Volcanoes | 5 Comments »

Coffee Plantation Entrance in Antigua Guatemala

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Green should be the color that identifies Guatemala more than any other. When you’re flying into Guatemala you know you have arrived when your see the green vegetation and the volcanic chain that crosses the country from border to border. Just look at all the different shades of green found at a simple entrance for a coffee plantation, just outside Antigua Guatemala.

Although I live next to a coffee plantation, often, I wish I could live inside a coffee plantation, don’t you?

Tags: coffee plantation, finca cafetalera, green, green shades, Guatemala Green
Posted in Flowers & Plants, San Juan del Obispo | 2 Comments »

Coffee and Cupolas

Friday, May 18th, 2012

If you live in or around Antigua Guatemala you get used to coffee farms, coffee lots and coffee orchards and cupolas very fast. Here I was able to get both on the same shot. This photo was taken on the back end of the San Cristobal El Bajo church.

Have you visited San Cristóbal El Bajo yet? If not, why not?

Tags: coffee, coffee plantation, cupolas, San Cristóbal El Bajo
Posted in Atriums & Churches, Flowers & Plants, San Cristóbal El Bajo | 1 Comment »

Coffee Harvesting Season is Underway

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

I was told once that in Guatemala if they are lucky coffee plantations can harvest twice a year. But, most of the time, there’s only one harvest season, which begins in February or March.

Do you know when is the other harvesting season in Guatemala?

Tags: coffee harvest, coffee pickers, coffee plantation
Posted in Flowers & Plants, Guatemalan women, La Antigua Guatemala | 3 Comments »

Coffee Plantation Are Becoming Private Gated Communities

Monday, March 5th, 2012

This photograph was taken at one of the newest gated residential developments within the San Pedro Las Huertas, one of the villages of La Antigua Guatemala.

Slowly but surely, fincas cafetaleras, coffee plantations, are becoming gated residential communities. Well, maybe not so slow. In ten years I have seen many new gated residential communities pop up within coffee plantations and other kinds of land lots. Sometimes it feels like around Antigua Guatemala there was never a real estate crisis. For sure, the real estate prices are still high around Antigua Guatemala.

Or perhaps I am wrong, often I am, does anybody know what’s the real estate situation around Antigua Guatemala?

Tags: coffee plantation, real estate developments, residential community
Posted in San Pedro Las Huertas | No Comments »

Theme Day: Postcard-worthy Panoramic Vista

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Just yesterday, Zach was asking what is your favorite viewing spot of the Antigua Guatemala area? Well, I don’t have just one. Obviously I like the views from Cerro de la Cruz, Finca Filadelfia and Santo Domingo del Cerro. Nevertheless, I finding the views from the road that takes you to El Hato village quite refreshing and unique. Today’s panoramic vista of Finca Filadelfia for instance even took by surprise the general manager of Finca Filadelfia who jokingly said I must have taken it from the air.

Anyway, once again AntiguaDailyPhoto is participating in the monthly theme day organized by the Daily Photo community which has decided to have as theme for August 1, postcard-worthy images. I believe this panoramic vista of Finca Filadelfia, a renown coffee plantation located on the outskirts of Antigua Guatemala is postcard-worthy, don’t you agree?

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Tags: coffee plantation, finca filadelfia, panoramic vista, vista panoramica
Posted in El Hato, mountains, Theme day | 1 Comment »