CESMACH has nearly 500 active members and has been managed by Sixto Bonilla for the last 15 years. Sixto is very quality-focused and driven to empower his cooperative community with the tools and resources to produce better quality. The farms of both CESMACH and the Finca Triunfo Verde are located in the buffer zone of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, which is in the highlands of the Sierra Madre. It is one of the most diverse forest reserve areas in the world and contains Mesoamerica's largest cloud forest, as well as a protected natural environment for thousands of plant and animal species. All of the coffee produced here is shade-grown.
The resplendent quetzal, a resident of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve depicted sitting on a coffee tree branch