About Us

The farm was originally a town called San Bartolomé Carmona. Mr. Tadeo Piñol asked the Spanish king for the land in 1870 and he founded the farm. After him, there were many owners.

In 1,908, Mr. Luis Pedro Aguirre bought the farm and started to cultivate coffee four years after.

They called it Carmona, because Mr. Juan Carmona accompany Pedro de Alvarado, the conqueror, when they came to Antigua Guatemala. Mr. Carmona remained a part of the land, which was baptized with the same name.

The owner today is María Zelaya, granddaughter of Mr. Aguirre. She is the third generation. The size of the farm is 775 Hectares, 15 cultivated with coffee and 7 have a Natural Reserve. It has a school, a health center and a stable with dairy cows. It has 90 workers living in the farm and the harvest season they hire up to 300.

The farm is located next to Santa María Jesus Municipality, San Cristobal El Alto and San Juan del Obispo. The soil of the farm is nourished by the shores of the Agua Volcano.

A legend of the town. Back in 1776, Saint Bartolomé Carmona, a poor woodcutter, who did not have any cloth, climbed the mountains and the Sombrerón, a strange man with a big hat appear to him. He offered to him money, horses and clothe if Bartolomé would give him his soul. Barolomé accepted. Since then, a very rich man appeared coming down from the mountains, but that same day and earthquake affected the area and Bartolomé town was the only town totally destroyed.

Other Statistics:
Annual Production: 1,250 bags
Soil type: Franc / Sand
Annual precipitation: 1,000 mm
Shade Trees Species: Graviela
Beginning of Harvest: January
End of Harvest: April
Relative Humidity: 70%