MOUNT ATITLAN

Pampojilá is a coffee plantation located in one of the most beautiful highland regions of Guatemala, in the immediate vicinity of Lake Atitlán, a breathtaking lake surrounded by three volcanoes. 
The plantation was started in the middle of the 19th century by Manuel Díaz and it is now owned and managed by the Herrera Family. Next to the plantation there is a private, natural reserve with old forests and a large animal diversity. 
All of the coffee is grown under regulated shade provided by special trees called Chalúm, a leguminosae that has the ability to transform nitrogen in the soil into amino acids, which work as a natural fertilizer.