Guatemala ASDECAFE
The ASDECAFE Association ensures this area’s varieties are produced with sustainability front and centre in every part of the process. This coffee has a sweet, woody feel when drunk black. Adding milk reveals some floral and berry notes for an even more complex mouth feel.
The ASDECAFE Association ensures this area’s varieties are produced with sustainability front and centre in every part of the process. This coffee has a sweet, woody feel when drunk black. Adding milk reveals some floral and berry notes for an even more complex mouth feel.
The ASDECAFE Association ensures this area’s varieties are produced with sustainability front and centre in every part of the process. This coffee has a sweet, woody feel when drunk black. Adding milk reveals some floral and berry notes for an even more complex mouth feel.
The Producer
La Asociacion Sostenible de Café de Guatemala (ASDECAFE) is a sustainable, sec- ond-level coffee association in Guatemala with more than 1,000 active producer members. It was founded in September 2013 by six small, first-level producer organizations and today includes seven co-ops in the regions of Huehuetenango and El Quiche. ASDECAFE received Organic certification around 2014, and exports to the United States increased from 825 quintals in 2013 to 23,000 quintals to the United States, Canada and France in 2016.
The association is committed to sustainability and environmental protections, the equitable distribution of all generated income, transparency in business and long-term relationships with customers and suppliers. It’s also intently focused on using good agricultural and post-harvest practices to improve its members’ coffee quality and access to international markets.
By coming together under the umbrella of ASDECAFE, the smaller cooperatives can experience savings, such as through shared transportation costs and by splitting certifications fees, which helps their earned premiums go farther. ASDECAFE also offers services including technical assistance, trainings and pre-financing.
Working together also gives them more bargaining strength and enables them to build relationships with importers—instead of relying individually on coyotes—which offers better prices and longterm stability.