Juan Boyan Guarachi

It is not easy for us foreigners to connect with coffee producers in chaotic environments like Bolivia. Politics, culture, power relations, human relations, and the harsh natural environment are all intertwined and drag us further and further into chaos. The most famous Bolivian producer is Agricafe and the rest of the producers remain in a black box. Juan is a key person to unravel such a black box. He retired from Agricafe where he worked for many years and built a dry mill in La Paz last year. He started working with smallholders to process their coffee. Juan’s ambition is to shine a light on smallholders in Bolivia who are still unknown to the world. Many smallholders come to Juan’s dry mill with their coffees. He can judge the...