Guatemala Coban Coffee Beans

Coban is a respected Guatemalan coffee known to exhibit the typical Guatemalan coffee qualities which include an excellent body, usually full or medium, with a rich and spicy flavor and light fruity acidity, often floral, and a lively aroma with light winey notes.

Coban is a market name for this high-grown coffee from north-central Guatemala.

Also see Guatemala Coffee.

Green Coffee Production

Year	60kg bags	Coffee grown
2016	3,500,000 bags	462,000,000 pounds
2015	3,419,881 bags	451,424,252 pounds
2014	3,310,076 bags	436,930,019 pounds
2013	3,189,371 bags	420,997,025 pounds
2012	3,762,933 bags	496,707,169 pounds

Green Coffee Exports

Year	60kg bags	Coffee exported
2016	0	0 pounds
2015	3,029,880	399,944,160 pounds
2014	2,925,080	386,110,560 pounds
2013	3,121,370	412,020,840 pounds
2012	3,706,930	489,314,760 pounds

Data may not be available for the most recent year.
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Facts

Guatemala is the #9 largest coffee growing country in the world, in 2015 they...
produced 451,424,252 lbs
exported 399,944,160 lbs
That's over 89% exported!

Sounds like a lot? It's actually 2.3% of the coffee grown worldwide.

Guatemala coffee is grown on mountainside "fincas" (farms) at 1200 to 1700 meters above sea level
(that's 3,937 to 5,578 ft)


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