La Central de Café
Sister Exporting Company
La Central de Café is our sister company based in Guatemala. Its main activity is milling and exporting coffee. It is also the entity through which we do our ground work and investment in Guatemala, and most importantly, it is how we purchase all of our Guatemalan coffees.
On a mission to create a fairer coffee industry, we work with small coffee growers in remote and excellent growing regions and provide them with agricultural and technical support. We identify micro climates and passionate producers in order to bring their coffees to the demanding specialty coffee markets around the globe. A fully transparent and traceable supply chain and a strong local presence enable us to offer outstanding quality coffee year after year.
La Central has a receiving warehouse in San Antonio Huista in Huehuetenango; a partially solar-powered dry mill where we process, bag, and pack the containers ready for shipment; and a new warehouse next door to our mill, where coffee can be stored until it’s time for export.
We also have a cupping lab equipped to the highest standards, featuring Cropster-fitted Probat sample roasters and an EK-43 grinder. We have a wonderful team, with four certified Q graders cupping each coffee and additional lab assistants during the coffee harvest season to help with sorting and grading. Our team also includes our agronomists, supporting producers year-round; our accounts department, who make sure all coffee producers are paid; and our logistics team, who expertly manage all exports.
FOB Basis Directly from Guatemala
Roasters of all sizes can work with us to source Guatemalan lots and microlots through Primavera Green Coffee. Our coffees are grown by producers with a direct relationship to us, and delivered to our warehouse where we pay them a fair and transparent price based on coffee quality. From there, La Central de Café mills the coffee and prepares it for export, while Primavera Green Coffee handles all our importing.
Larger buyers / importers can source full container loads (that can be of one quality/type or a mixed container) of coffee FOB/CIF directly from La Central de Café, rather than buying through Primavera’s importing operations if the logistics and financing permit.
Please email us at hola@lacentraldecafe.com or nadine@primavera.coffee to inquire about buying directly from La Central for your large-scale coffee purchases.
