Guatemalan coffee industry reheats

Focus on high-quality beans has stirred revival, narrowed field.

By Mary Jordan / Washington Post

AMATITLAN, Guatemala - When a global glut drove the price of coffee beans to a historic low five years ago, Julio Flores almost shuttered the hillside coffee farm that had been in his family for four generations. Today, Flores' farm is prospering as soaring demand for premium coffee brings new wealth to the old fields of Central America.

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