11 cafés in 5 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
An Antigua favourite for coffee and big breakfasts, with courtyard seating behind the front rooms. The owner roasts on site and may show you the roaster and grinder.
Order: House-roasted coffee · Pancakes or crêpes
💡 Closes early on Sundays (13:00).
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
The café of a coffee company founded in 1911 in Alta Verapaz, sharing more than a century of farming history. You choose the variety and brew method and it is prepared at your table, beside reminders of the mules that once hauled the beans.
Order: Table-side brew of an Alta Verapaz coffee you choose
Local coffee farmers lead this tour on the slopes of Volcán de Agua: you walk the plots, see traditional processing, roasting and grinding, and finish with coffee at a producer's home. It takes three and a half to four hours, including shuttle, interpretation and a bag of roasted coffee.
Order: Coffee in the farmer's home at the end of the tour
💡 Tours leave at 8:45 and 13:45, about US$45 per person; expect a steep 5 km walk.
A slow coffee bar in Antigua where carefully chosen coffees are paired with homemade desserts from a trained pastry kitchen. It ranked tenth on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list for North and Central America.
Order: Slow-bar pour-over · Coffee with a house dessert
A specialty café and roastery in the heart of Antigua buying from small farmers across every Guatemalan coffee region. The baristas are good at walking visitors through the coffees.
Order: Pour-over from a different Guatemalan region each visit
Serving specialty coffee in central Antigua since April 2010, Fat Cat has watched the country's coffee scene grow around it. Everything on the bar is Guatemalan.
Order: Guatemalan espresso · Cold brew
A restaurant, specialty coffee bar and cocktail bar that reinterprets Mayan heritage through ingredients, symbols and design. A stylish place to try Guatemalan coffee alongside contemporary Mayan cooking.
Order: Specialty coffee with a Mayan-inspired dessert
The city café of Finca El Injerto, the Aguirre family's farm in the western highlands, founded in 1874 and famous for Cup of Excellence wins and record auction prices. Here you can taste the farm's microlots without the trip to the western highlands.
Order: El Injerto microlot pour-over · Pacamara or geisha when available
A café and roastery that works closely with producers and roasts its own beans. It is part of Primavera Green Coffee, which connects top Guatemalan farms with roasters worldwide.
Order: Pour-over of a current microlot
Twin brothers founded Mano's more than eight years ago and roast everything in-house every week. Its team has judged the Cup of Excellence four times, and the menu covers honey, natural and anaerobic coffees.
Order: Anaerobic or natural Guatemalan coffee on filter
Xela's top-ranked coffee shop, with an open bar where you can watch and learn the process, plus signature drinks, sourdough bread and desserts. It placed 16th on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list for North and Central America.
Order: Signature coffee drink · Sourdough toast