Situated on the slopes of the 3rd highest volcano in the Central American range, Volcan Acatenango, coffee grown in this area benefits from rich and nutritious soil. Proximity to volcanic activity does also come with its risk and in 2018 the nearby Volcan de Fuego erupted, destroying the region’s winter harvest and covering local cities in ash. 

This coffee is washed from its fruit skin after harvest and laid on patios for one day. After this the beans are moved to rotary drying machines know as ‘guardiolas’. This technique allows fast and efficient drying of the coffee beans that takes up to 28 hours rather than the multiple weeks it can take drying them fully in the sun.

Guatemala Acatenango

In March 2009 Dominic and Daniella Boyett embarked on a journey that they never thought would ever allow them to experience the success and enjoy the relationships that they’ve established today. It was always Dominic’s entrepreneurial spirit, vision and sheer determination along with his 26 years of experience within the coffee industry, that has taken a dream to own his own roastery and turn it into a reality.
Dominic has always had a reputation for thinking outside of the box by those who know him, and he’s often thrived on those challenges and set himself personal goals within his own career that always seemed to be out of reach.
12 Years have passed and the challenge to be one of the UK’s respected Artisan roasters, pioneering new and unique coffee roasting techniques is very much alive and being fully realized, earning Ue Coffee Roasters a reputation as a leader in our field for producing exceptional speciality coffee.
Over this time we have not only established strong direct working relationships with our farmers, but we have the privilege to be working daily with some of the best baristas in the UK and abroad, through to celebrity chefs and supporting the likes of world famous offices in Whitehall, London.
The journey may very well be under way however there are still many more projects that Dominic and Daniella are keen to get their teeth into, one being the opportunity to develop a roasting model that would make us one of the most sustainable coffee roasteries in Eu

Guatemala Acatenango

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