Our origins

At EFICO, we source various coffees from different origins, farmers, suppliers and qualities.
Thanks to this wide diversity of coffees, we can assure you we can offer a coffee that fits your needs.
As green coffee specialists, part of our role is to make a difference with coffee, be the connector in the value chain, and building strong and long-term partnerships together. That’s why we source mostly from local exporters, cooperatives and unions, boosting local economic development and growth.

Every single origin has some amazing qualities to challenge the coffee lover’s senses 👃🥄
This quality is nurtured and cared for by our coffee farmer partners.
Together with our offices in origin 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇬🇹 and long-term partners,
we make sure you’ll get to enjoy the best.

We feel very lucky to team up with experts from various backgrounds dedicated to go the extra mile.
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Origins Map: Part of our selection

Below you can find a part of our coffee selection at your fingertips.
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Guatemala SHB EP Laguna De Ayarza

This coffee is characterized by a delicate flavor, dark chocolate notes, a mild acidity, a smooth body and a nice caramel finish.

The Ayarza lake is located in a crater 1,400 meters above sea level. Volcanic pumice soil, very high altitudes, plenty of rain, variable humidity, and the proximity of volcanoes characterize the area.

The dry season has lots of sun.  Although clouds, fog, and heavy dew are common in the early morning, they disappear quickly allowing the Ayarza coffee to be sun-dried.

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Guatemala SHB EP Huehuetenango

This coffee is characterized by a fine, intense acidity with full body and pleasant wine notes.

Huehuetenango is one of Guatemala’s highest and driest coffee growing regions. However, the region is protected from frost during the cooler months of the year, because of a warm wind blowing into the mountains, coming from the plains of Tehuantepec in Mexico.

Huehuetenango’s extreme remoteness requires that almost every producer processes its own coffee. Fortunately, the region has an infinite number of rivers and streams, so a wet mill can be located almost everywhere.

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Guatemala SHB Atitlán paraiso Tzutujil

Delightfully aromatic with a bright/strong and durable citrus acidity and full body.

This delicious coffee is grown near Santiago Atitlán, a municipality in the Sololá department of Guatemala. Santiago Atitlán means “at the water” in the Nahuatl Atitlan language, and “birdhouse” in Tz’utujil Tz’ikin Jaay. The town is located at a bay of Lake Atitlan between two volcanoes: San Pedro and Toliman.

The majority of the residents are indigenous Mayans. It was the capital of the Tz’utujil people in pre-Columbian times and its name was Chuitinamit back then.

Santiago Atitlán is the home of the Cojolya Weaving Center and Museum, founded by the Cojolya Association of Maya Women Weavers. The museum shows the history, tradition, and process of backstrap-loom weaving, and the evolution of the traditional costume of the Tzutujil, the indigenous people of Santiago Atitlán.

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Guatemala SHB Antigua Pastoral

Mild and aromatic with vanilla hints, lively acidity and complete body, caramel and cacao aftertaste.

The city of Antigua was founded by the Spanish conquistadores in 1543. The Santa Martha earthquake of 1773 made the city to be abandoned and the capital was relocated to its current location in the Valley of Ermita.

With its cobblestone streets and colonial monuments, Antigua has preserved the legacy of the Spanish era, and was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco in 1979. The high quality of the coffee grown in Antigua has given this region its widespread world recognition.

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Guatemala SHB

Complete, full-bodied taste, acid and fragrant cup.

45% of Guatemala’s coffee production is classified as SHB (Strictly Hard Bean). This coffee is grown at high altitudes - above 1,450 and up to 1,900 meters - and matures more slowly.

Because they grow slowly, each bean grows to be harder and denser than beans grown at lower elevations. The SHB coffees are among the best quality of Arabicas: complete, full-bodied taste, acid and fragrant.

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Guatemala El Platanillo Rainforest Alliance

This plantation coffee is pleasant in the mouth with a well-balanced acidity, good body and delicate, light, fruity notes in aroma and taste.

Thanks to joint efforts of EFICO Foundation and Finca El Platanillo, the plantation and dry mill became Rainforest Alliance certified in 2005. During the international competition Long Beach in May 2007, this coffee was
classified among the best Rainforest Alliance certified coffees in the world.

In September 2011, Finca El Platanillo became the world’s first coffee farm to be Rainforest Alliance Verified as Climate Friendly. This was the result of 4 years of intensive research and field work of EFICO Foundation, ANACAFE, Rainforest Alliance, Cotesco and other partners.

Since 2004, a primary school was built thanks to the support of the EFICO Foundation, Cotesco and its partners.
Also a computer center, health care, sports activities and vegetable gardens to improve nutrition were put in place. Scholarships & training were organized to empower women and currently quality education and the use of technological devices are being promoted, leading to the stimulation of increased access to matching job opportunities.

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