ARTESANOS: Chica Bean
It’s March, which means the end of the coffee harvest in Guatemala. It's also International Women’s month. And what could be more fitting...
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- Mar 14, 2023
- 6 min
ARTESANOS: Love&Tea
De la tierra a tu taza con amor. From the land to your cup with love. Are you picturing a dreamy fields of flowers and happy farmers,...
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
New Year’s Traditions in Guatemala
What do a suitcase, sponge, a grape and gold underwear have in common? You guessed it! All things you must have handy on December 31st to...
- Aug 20, 2022
- 6 min
ARTESANOS: Luis, Leo and the experimental spirit of Antigua
I’ve met a lot of farmers in my life. Somehow, I’ve been lucky enough to create a career journey that’s afforded me the pleasure of...
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Evolution of a logo
We want to take you back, back in time, to a land of 2020, pandemics, uncertainty, and.... two socias with a burning fire for starting...
- Apr 24, 2022
- 2 min
Semana Santa - Holy Week in Guatemala
In Guatemala April marks the celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) which lasts a whole week. Known officially as “La Semana Mayor” (The...
- Feb 27, 2022
- 6 min
From one cocina to the next: my journey from Sun Valley Kitchen to Convivio Café
In 2016, a friend of mine introduced me to Sun Valley Kitchen, a kitchen I would soon come to find as a sparkling warm home of a kitchen...
- Jan 6, 2022
- 6 min
En orígen (at origin)
While I cozy up and watch the snow pour down outside my window here in Denver, cafecito in hand, I'm thinking back on much warmer times...
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
Past, present and future: Welcome to our new Convivio Café space in Denver
Back in 2015, Vivi and I met at a grassroots non-profit - Re:Vision (amazing, check them out if you haven't heard the good news). I was...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
1 de noviembre: Día de todos los Santos
Día de Todos los Santos is a very special holiday in Guatemala: a day to celebrate and remember loved ones who have passed away. Families...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
My immigration story: una chapina comes to Colorado.
In order to understand a piece of the Convivio Café story I would like to share a bit about my personal story. The story of a Guatemalan...
- Aug 30, 2021
- 4 min
Farm to cup. For real.
There are about 750,000 smallholder coffee farmers in Central America. Imagine, the whole of Denver Metro area… farming coffee! And it’s...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 1 min
Featured in 5280?!
Wow. Just wow. We were featured in 5280 (Denver's prominent magazine) as the women bringing beyond-fair trade coffee to Denver. Read the...
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Mysteries of Abuelas
“Mi Abuela es un misterio'". That’s how I always start the story of my grandmother - she is a mystery. Born on the somewhat lesser-known...
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
No Imposter Syndrome at this Café
18 years ago, almost to the day, I got my first job at a coffee shop. EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. Am I even old enough to say that? I remember...
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Guate-Inspired Café
Hola! this is Vivi, the 'chapina' coffee socia (guatemalan, café business partner) sharing a bit about our women owned, Guate inspired,...
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
comenzando...
¡Saludos friends and fam! Oh, this year. Call it a doozy or a nightmare, it’s been nothing short of a full-blown challenge. We don’t know...
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