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Guatemala
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Dates: February 8-13, 2026
Total cost: $1400 ($500 deposit to reserve your spot is payment 1/2)
Join us for an unforgettable journey to the coffee lands of Guatemala, where women coffee farmers are shaping the future of ethical trade, one bean at a time.
This origin trip is a joint effort coordinated by the HG Coffee Learning Lab, Good Impacts, and Chica Bean.
Spots are limited. Reserve your spot today with a $500 deposit (refundable until November 1). The remaining balance will be due by January 1, 2026. Once you have paid the deposit, you will receive a registration form, instructions for paying the balance, and additional information via email.
Check out the full itinerary and FAQs via the HG Coffee Learning Lab!
Destinations
Chica Bean Coffee Roastery and Cafe, Santa Lucia Milpas Altas. Chica Bean sources coffee from women producers, roasting, preparing and serving in their beautiful rural location outside Antigua.
Finca la Hierba Buena, the coffee farm of Doña Maritza in Jalapa. Doña Maritza grew up with the dream of becoming an award-winning coffee farmer, despite not actually being from a coffee producing family. She and her husband bought their land in the mountains of San Pedro Pinula, Jalapa in 1997, and her coffee is central to Chica Bean's story.
Specialty Cafes of Antigua. We'll enjoy a cafe crawl through the coffee scene of Antigua, a colorful colonial town just begging to be explored on foot.
What Is and Isn't Included
What's included: all in-country transportation, nightly accommodation (shared rooms), translation services, two meals per day, some snacks
NOT INCLUDED: flights to Guatemala City
Itinerary
(Please note: while the tour dates are firmly established, the exact activities within the tour are subject to change)
Sun 2/8: Arrivals to Guatemala City, group transportation arranged to Chica Bean/Antigua
Mon 2/9: Travel by van to Finca la Hierba Buena, tour farm, group dinner
Tues 2/10: Learn to pick coffee! Hands on coffee farming experience, group meals
Wed 2/11: Return to Antigua, cafe touring, free evening
Thurs 2/12: AM tour Chica Bean, PM free in Antigua, group farewell dinner
Fri 2/13: Shuttle to Guatemala City, departures
Sat 2/14: Additional departures
Background
The story behind this trip is rooted in connections--truly what specialty coffee is all about. In February 2020, I volunteered with a USAID-funded venture called Farmer to Farmer, which recruited me as a coffee subject-matter expert to support Chica Bean in the process of opening their cafe. I traveled there where I met (and subsequently fell in love with) the entire Chica Bean team, including Dona Maritza mentioned above.
A couple of years later, I returned with a Higher Grounds colleague to help Chica Bean with improving some of their roastery and production systems, and now I have an incredible friendship with the people behind this amazing company.
With organizational support from Nick of Good Impacts and Abbi of Chica Bean, I'm thrilled to present the coffee-loving public with an opportunity to dive deeper into the story of coffee, guided by folks who truly love what they do. It's in perfect alignment with Higher Grounds' tagline: Exceptional coffee from a world of good friends.
--Jennifer Yeatts, HG Learning Lab
For more information, email lab@highergroundstrading.com.
Trip Photos
Trip Photos
Yes. It was a wonderful educational adventure. I learned so much about Guatemala, it's people and the coffee industry. Traveling in a small group was perfect. Meeting and working side by side with the producer was amazing. Learning about the variety of coffee how it's brewed and the entire process has not only opened my eyes but enlightened me to educate others about it. As a citizen of the planet I feel we should know where our food comes from what it takes to get it from the land to our body. I would suggest this trip for anyone who questions where their food or drink come from and in this case coffee. It was a well organized trip. Travel, lodging and meals were wonderful.
Participant Testimonials
Participant Testimonials
Rachele Ramirez | Owner, Healthy Habitz
Rachele Ramirez | Owner, Healthy Habitz
"It was a wonderful educational adventure. I learned so much about Guatemala, it's people and the coffee industry. Meeting and working side by side with the producer was amazing. Learning about the variety of coffee how it's brewed and the entire process opened my eyes and enlightened me to educate others!"
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