These ambulant coffee vendors will bring a delicious cup of cappuccino, mocaccino or black coffee to your favorite bench at Parque de La Union, La Merced or Parque Central. Three choices with or without sugar; that is it. Make sure to patronize these ingenious ambulant vendors on your next visit to Antigua Guatemala… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Life begins after coffee and these three fellows know it; that’s way they have this thriving business of ambulant coffee vendors. A cup of black coffee will set you back Q5 or about US$0.65 and a cup of cappuccino or mocaccino sells for Q10. Come back tomorrow if you want to see the faces of these ingenious ambulant coffee vendors.
After so many years, probably decades, Starbucks Coffee was able to open their first coffee house in Antigua Guatemala; it is the …
12 Onzas is the newest specialty coffee shop in Antigua Guatemala. They only serve coffee from their family coffee plantation Concepción Buena …
As I have said before, coffee shops had been and still are the premier co-working spaces in Antigua Guatemala, especially when there’s …
Does coffee make you happy? Then, you must move to Antigua Guatemala where we can enjoy all aspects of coffee-rich life, from …
Volcán de Fuego seems to be more active during the dry season that spans from November through April, but the reality is …
This is the perfect time to to take one of my tailor-made full immersion coffee tours where to visit coffee shops, talk …
Would you like to see more coffee photos and learn more about the coffee from Guatemala? Take a photographic tour through these …
Can you guess what is the name of this coffee house from Antigua Guatemala? It was recently renovated with a more classic …
Here is yet another quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala, as I promised to share with back in May 1st, 2006. A sign …
Let’s begin the 5-day countdown to the 11th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto with a miniseries of street photography slices of daily life through …
La Antigua Guatemala is so full with quaint cafes and restaurants where one can enjoy the company of friends and a cup …
This is a behind the scenes picture of a recent photo session I helped to set up for a photographer from abroad. …
At the Antigua Coffee Tasting tours we will learn and taste what are the best coffee preparation methods according to the coffee …
What’s the best method to enjoy the premium Guatemalan coffees? Should you go for an espresso shot or a French pressed cup …
As many of you already know, Guatemala produces premium coffee, among the top three in the world. Even so, hardly ever we …
We are so fortunate to have over a dozen delightful coffee houses in La Antigua Guatemala; each with its own flare and …
If you like a good cup of coffee, there’s no better place to be than La Antigua Guatemala. Earlier this year I …
Coffee houses had been and still are the premier co-working spaces in Antigua Guatemala, especially when there’s a plentiful supply of delicious …
If coffee makes you happy, you must move to Antigua Guatemala where you can enjoy all aspects of coffee-rich life, from the …
We’re fortune to have a rich and abundant coffee culture in Antigua Guatemala, don’t you agree? Follow the white rabbit to » …
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De La Gente NGO has put together a different and more down-to-earth coffee tour by involving the small plot farmers who belong …
Back in the day when cyber cafes started back in the U.S., I always wondered why they were called cyber cafes when …
At the Antigua Coffee Workshops you will get a chance to visit a coffee plantation to learn everything there’s to know about …
What happens when you get together a few passionate coffee lovers? A coffee workshop, of course. Soon enough you will be able …
Those coffee refugees looking for shelter from bad coffee, look no more, Antigua Guatemala is the coffee lovers refuge with its many …
If you prefer prepared fancy coffees, such as mochaccinos, Irish coffee, Lattés, et cetera, we have that too in many cafes in …
Of course, sometimes one craves dessert to go along with coffee, right? How about a slice of mango pie with coffee from …
The first time we “officially” drunk coffee in Guatemala was in 1743 for the celebration of the conversion of the Catedral de …
Fat Cat is yet another excellent coffee house run by extremely passionate baristas. Make sure you stop by to refuel your caffeine …
Often I have shared in the past how La Antigua Guatemala has its own aesthetic values. I really appreciate the old, worn, …
Worry not about being unplugged while touring the coffee plantations around La Antigua Guatemala. In fact, soon you will have 4G connectivity …
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Baya or berry. That’s right coffee berries is the proper term because, well, coffee are …
The streets of La Antigua Guatemala are always full of surprises. That’s why I always say that the best camera one owns …
If you like coffee, Antigua Guatemala is the place to be. There are many good baristas and coffee shop around town. Here, …
Okay, there are three different kinds of venues where to get coffee in Antigua Guatemala. The first coffee venue type, you order …
I don’t know if you can find another place on Earth that has more coffee shops and public access Wi-Fi hotspots per …
It’s almost time to harvest one of the best coffees in the world. Make sure you make room in your kitchen.
Another crop that I have found on my walks through the hills on the skirt of Volcán de Agua is coffee. These …
Often times I wonder why Guatemalans have this absurd fascination with the chicken buses, or camionetas as we call them here. I …
Here’s another photograph of the harvesting of coffee berries in Antigua Guatemala for the #RealGuatemala series. The freshly cut coffee berries being …
Here’s another antique decoration piece found at Tretto Caffè. Is this a coffee mill or grinder? Which one is the better term …
I really like all the coffee props or decoration found in the many coffee houses in Antigua Guatemala. This antique weight scale …
Even a drain cover from Finca Filadelfia coffee plantation looks interesting and appealing to the eye, at least to my eye, how …
I have said it before and I am repeating again here, both Panchoy and Almolonga valleys are surrounded by three volcanoes and …
Café Barista is the Guatemalan coffee house chain equivalent to what Starbucks is in the U.S. more or less. I don’t visit …
I don’t know if this is old news to you, but I will share it anyway just in case some of you …
Volcanic soil, the perfect amount rain and sunshine and shadow, temperate weather, 5,000 to 6,500 feet altitude above sea level and to …
This is what it looks like as you walk inside a coffee plantation from Antigua Guatemala. I thought some of you might …
Green should be the color that identifies Guatemala more than any other. When you’re flying into Guatemala you know you have arrived …
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La Antigua Guatemala has an antique aesthetic beauty which goes beyond the colonial architecture and the gorgeous wood and metal works. Antique …
I was told once that in Guatemala if they are lucky coffee plantations can harvest twice a year. But, most of the …
This photograph was taken at one of the newest gated residential developments within the San Pedro Las Huertas, one of the villages …
Interesting enough I had visited Hector’s and Tretto Caffé within the last week and I had uploaded yesterday’s and today’s photos to …
Since several people were interested to know more about La Casaca shown yesterday in the entry entitled Having Breakfast in Antigua Guatemala I decided …
What better than than Guatemalan-illustrated mugs for your Guatemalan coffee or chocolate? I am sure many of you will be very happy …
We are very fortunate in La Antigua Guatemala because we have great coffee available all year. In case you didn’t know delicious …
These Guatemalan coffee-style satchels are perfect for coffee lovers… and they are ecological too since they’re made from recycled coffee sacks. Besides …
This was the very first time I became aware of the location of the table with the antique map on top. The …
Coffee spawns a new industry around Antigua Guatemala: Coffee tours. It was only a matter of time before the coffee plantations open …
On the road to San Juan del Obispo you can find this view, where you can see a coffee plantation in the …
Oh there’s nothing better than a great cup of Guatemalan coffee and the online newspapers to begin a Sunday Morning. I normally …
With the cold and dry weather conditions we had this weekend, there was nothing better than a hot cup of the best …
This staircase leads to coffee heaven, also known as the tostaduría, the roasting room. Or maybe not. I guess you will have …
Saturday, September 25, 2010 was the successful inauguration of the photo exhibition “Con sabor y aroma a café” by the members of …
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for …
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
In Spanish we use the word café to mean coffee and brown. Coffee berries, however, begin their color palette lifecycle as green …
Today I took a photo tour with other members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua inside Finca Filadelfia. The idea behind the tour …
Well, it was only a matter of time and natural that someone in La Antigua Guatemala would try to make a coffee …
The Bagel Barn is a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala for getting a bagel sandwich, great coffee and checking your email. …
In La Antigua Guatemala we are so lucky to be able to get excellent coffee just about everywhere. Cafetenango in Finca Filadelfia …
Here are some random facts, bits and trivia about Guatemalan coffee I have been collecting for a while: The average price for …
Here is one more entry for the Only in LAG. Leave it to the creative people of La Antigua Guatemala to produce …
This satchel is perfect for coffee lovers. This satchel is made by recycling of the coffee sacks used for carrying whole coffee …
Yesterday I showed you a close-up of the coffee fruit being dry by the warm rays of the sun in the eternal …
These delightful fruit you see above are coffee fruits being dry after they have been hand picked from the coffee bushes. You …
Besides the Canopy Zip Lines tours you can find at Finca Filadelfia, in Antigua Guatemala, there are all kinds of activities to …
Come on, just because you’re dead it doesn’t mean you can not have access to good coffee. This coffee field is right …
So what makes La Antigua Guatemala the best coffee in the world? To get the best cup of coffee of the world, one must start with the right altitude; somewhere above 1,500 meters above the sea level; add lots of fertile volcanic soil; mix in plenty of rain (about six months); stable temperate weather (about 75˚ F / 25˚ C); once you have the above, make sure you plant the best possible Arabica coffee.
Yesterday’s photo was a close-up of the coffee bush in the lower left corner of today’s photo. If you click on the image above you can the coffee bushes (the small trees) being harvested under the shadows of the Gravilea trees in San Pedro Las Huertas, La Antigua Guatemala. Around La Antigua Guatemala you can find coffee bushes everywhere, including as part of the hedges of La Compañía de Jesús ruins.
The other day we heard many voices on the other side of the fence; voices of children and women just talking and laughing. We approached the windows on the second floor to see what was all the commotion; then we saw men, women and children harvesting the coffee. At this moment, you can see the turning point of coffee from green to golden yellow and finally cherry red.
Yes, Spanish Classes in La Antigua Guatemala is a very touchy subject, you know. The next post will definitely raise a few voices and hurt some feelings. I just hope to come out slightly bruised from this affair. But before we open the book on this unpredictable topic, we should take a coffee break.
We continue our Guateflora series with the omnipresent coffee bush or tree, which has manage to leave the coffee plantation to become a hedge. The coffee bush is one the most often seen plants around La Antigua Guatemala, but not often I’ve seen it used as hedge. The above photograph was taken at the Compañía de Jesús building, with the ruins in the background.
We are back to coffee beans, again, in the form of table available in the patio area of Fernando’s Kaffee. I believe La Antigua Guatemala is blessed because most days you can have your breakfast in the patio and most patios are so full of gorgeous and exotic (for the rest of the world) plants and flowers. I recommend that you have breakfast and a good cup of coffee at Fernando’s Kaffee if you come to La Antigua Guatemala. For those who only want to have access to this fabulous coffee, Fernando confided in me that very soon, in the next couple of weeks, he will begin exporting his in situs roasted selection of Guatemalan coffee beans. You will be able to order any amount of coffee (starting at 3 pounds, I believe); so keep an eye at coming-soon Fernando’s Kaffee web site.
Fernando’s Kaffee is one of Xeni Jardin’s favorite coffee porn joints in La Antigua Guatemala. Fernando, a long-time acquaintance, has a passion for freshly-roasted coffee and maps. I was lucky to caught both in one single shot. You can check Xeni’s Guatemala: Coffee Porn (video clip and photos) for an overview of how you can get a cup of Guatemalan coffee made fresh from the coffee beans. Take that Starbucks!
This photo is needed to clarify a confusion about the coffee trees and their height. Nathalie from Sydney DP asked if coffee trees grow very tall in La Antigua Guatemala, while referring to this photograph which showed coffee trees and their shadow makers the gravilea trees around Antigua, San Pedro Las Huertas to be precise. I posted a Close-up photo of coffee plantation before to show the coffee bushes (tree could be considered an exaggeration) and the shadow trees known here a gravileas. So, to answer Nathalie’s questions, coffee trees (ed. bushes) do not grow very high; they can be harvest by Guatemalan farm workers on foot.
The Bagel Barn is one of those rare places that offer magnificent coffee, light and tasteful bagel sandwiches and free WIFI so you can update your blog or site if you bring a laptop with wireless connection. I showed the Bagel Barn blackboard menu before to talk about WIFI access points throughout Antigua Guatemala. Free WIFI access points —wireless internet access for those who don’t know what wifi is— are actually available in many restaurants and cafes around Antigua. You can check you email, look at some photos on Flickr or watch videos on Youtube, on Pollo Campero, McDonald’s, Burger King and other small bistros. Boy! how I wish I had a new laptop.
Coffee trees do not grow very tall and that is why they are easy to harvest. Here you see coffee trees which …
Best coffee in the world, originally uploaded by rudygiron. We produce the best coffee in the world: coffee from Antigua. I said …
We finish this week’s mini series on handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with a wider perspective that includes the sign of Café La Parada and a coffee lover enjoying one of the espressos one can have in our charming town.
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