There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua

Antigua has a mild climate, Mayan ruins, volcanic hiking, a gorgeous lake, and shopping galore…and not many tourists know about it. So why are you still going to Cancun?

Former Travel Editor

Published Jan. 10 2014 5:45AM EST

articles/2014/01/10/there-are-bugs-in-your-coffee-and-other-things-i-learned-in-antigua-guatemala/140108-guatemala-oconnor-tease_ihstgt — Alejandro Golding

The bobos in the group could not have looked more vindicated.

We are touring a coffee plantation in Antigua Guatemala, and the tour guide has just revealed that the beans tossed aside due to contamination by driller bugs are then sold to make instant coffee.

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua has a mild climate, Mayan ruins, volcanic hiking, a gorgeous lake, and shopping galore…and not many tourists know about it. So why are you still going to Cancun?

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William O’Connor