The first owners of Finca Dos Marias® were Don Audato Maldonado and Doña María Alvarado de Maldonado who acquired the farm in 1870. The Maldonado family brought workers from the western Guatemalan highland town of Tejutla to develop the rugged 260-acre parcel of land in the Cucho foothills. Many of their descendants and their families still live and work in Dos Marias.

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In the early 1900’s their youngest daughter Doña María (the second of the two Marias) married Dr. Francisco Asturias Castro, a physician and surgeon who was to devote his life to improving the health and living conditions of the people of San Marcos. Their many accomplishments include the establishment of the educational and social programs that exist at Finca Dos Marias® to this day. Their dedication to the production and cultivation of high quality coffee over the years has resulted in an increased demand for our coffee, initially in Europe and now from all over the world.

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Ownership and operational management of Finca Dos Marias® proudly remains in the hands of the Asturias Maldonado family, with strategic direction and planning being determined and provided by the Finca Dos Marias®

Board of Directors. The Board is dedicated to sustaining the remarkable visions of the farm´s founders, and continuing to offer superior coffees produced in the socially and environmentally responsible manner which we insist upon and which our clients have grown to appreciate.

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Finca Dos Marias® has a total of five hundred and twenty (520) hectares, four hundred and twenty (420) of them are between 1,200 and 1,550 meters above sea level, all planted with coffee. The remaining one hundred (100) hectares have been preserved as a migratory bird habitat / conservation area with over a hundred species identified by the Audubon Society. This provides the farm with the optimal conditions to protect and supports the cloud forest sources of clear mountain springs used for human and agricultural uses. Over ten (10%) of the rivers flowing in that area of Guatemala are sourced from the mountain area of protected cloud forest on the farm. As stewards of the land we take our responsibility seriously and are continually finding ways to support the natural ecosystem.