20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL TAKE THIS SMALL CHERRY AND TRANSFORM IT INTO A FINISHED PRODUCT DESTINED FOR OUR COFFEE CUPS.
IN A SMALL TOWN OUTSIDE GUATEMALA CITY SITS A MODEST, SECOND GENERATION COFFEE PROCESSING FACILITY, WITH 200 ACRES OF ACTIVE COFFEE TREES IN THE SURROUNDING JUNGLE.
ALL DAY EVERY DAY THE PLOTS OF DRYING COFFEE ARE RAKED WITH ROWS THAT FOLLOW THE CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN.
JORDAN ROSENACKER, CO-FOUNDER OF ATLAS COFFEE, POSING FOR A PORTRAIT IN THE FARMS GUESTHOUSE.
BETO STANDING IN HIS YARD WHICH IS NOW USED AS A NURSERY FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED COFFEE TREES. HE CARES FOR THEM LIKE THEY ARE HIS CHILDREN.