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The Coffee: Why Buy From Guadalupe Roastery

Hand-picking ripe coffee cherries at Guadalupe Farms in Nicaragua

Traceably Catholic · Roasted on demand

Specialty coffee from our own farm in Nicaragua, roasted the week you order it.

Grown by Catholic farming families we know by name. Scored 84 to 89 on the SCA scale. Roasted on demand at origin, so it never sits in a warehouse. And 100% of our margin goes back to the families who grow it.

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★★★★★ 4.8 / 5 from 233 verified reviews · Roasting since 2015 · Ships from the USA

84–89SCA cupping score, every lot scored and stated
100% ArabicaSingle origin, Nicaragua
Our own farmGuadalupe Farms plus family lots, no brokers
On demandRoasted when you order, not months ahead
100% marginReinvested with the farming families
Free shippingOn US orders over $150

What the number means

Coffee is scored like wine. Ours is scored on every lot, and we publish the number.

Trained tasters grade each lot on the Specialty Coffee Association’s 100-point scale: aroma, flavor, aftertaste, acidity, body, balance, sweetness, uniformity and clean cup. Anything under 80 is commercial coffee. Only a small share of the world’s harvest scores 84 or better. Everything we roast does.

Below 80Commercial. Most supermarket bags.
80Specialty grade begins.
84Our signature coffee, Cristo Rey.
87–89Our special lots. 90+ is rare anywhere.
84pts

Cristo Rey

Washed, medium roast. Chocolate, a touch of citrus, round sweetness, clean finish. The coffee of the home.

87pts

Deep Forest

A high-grown Geisha lot with hints of fruit and a crisp, clean finish.

88pts

Mystica & Supremo Exquisite

Catuaí with a kombucha process, and a Geisha with experimental fermentation. Our most special cups.

2026champion

Gold Cup winner

Natural Parainema, the 2026 Gold Cup champion lot from Nicaragua, roasted by us.

Why buy your coffee from us

Seven reasons, none of them a coupon.

Most coffee brands buy green coffee from an importer, roast it somewhere, and put a label on it. We grow it, we roast it, and we can show you every hand it passed through.

01

We grow it.

Guadalupe Farms is our own 40-hectare farm in the mountains of Nicaragua, with plantations we restored ourselves. The rest of our coffee comes from Catholic farming families we buy from directly: no brokers, no blending house, no commodity market. When you open a bag, you can know the family behind it.

A mother and daughter from one of our farming families in Nicaragua
02

We are the roaster.

Guadalupe Roastery started on December 3, 2015, the day we bought our first roaster. Today our roaster can handle up to 1,000 pounds a day, which means nothing has to be roasted ahead of time. We roast for your order, not for a shelf.

03

Roasted on demand. Never warehoused.

Coffee is at its best in the weeks after roasting, and most supermarket bags are months old before you open them. Your order triggers the roast, the bag is packed, and it ships close to the roast date. That is the whole difference between fresh coffee and coffee that was fresh once.

04

Scored, graded and stated.

Every lot is cupped on the SCA 100-point scale before it earns a place in our lineup. Our signature coffee scores 84, our special lots 87 to 89, and we roast the 2026 Gold Cup champion lot. If a coffee does not score, we do not roast it.

05

Traceably Catholic, end to end.

The families who grow the coffee, the farm where it is grown and the roastery that roasts it are Catholic, and every link between them can be traced. That is what we mean by a traceably Catholic supply chain: you can follow the value from your cup back to the person who did the work, and it stays with them.

06

100% of our margin goes back.

The families are paid a fair price for the harvest, and the roastery’s margin is reinvested in Catholic Trade with them: work, land, equipment and opportunity at origin. Not charity. A supply chain built so that the people who do the work keep the value.

07

Fresh at your door, on your schedule.

Subscribers get their first delivery 30% off with code ROSARY30, then 9% off every delivery, choose the frequency, and can change, pause or cancel anytime. Because a subscription lets us plan the roast, it is also where the coffee is freshest. And every subscription delivery sends a rosary to someone in need in Nicaragua, through the Franciscan communities who serve at origin.

Why subscribe

The freshest coffee we make, and the most good a cup can do.

A subscription tells us when to roast. That makes it the freshest coffee we ship, the best price we offer, and the only delivery that sends a rosary.

Roasted for your delivery

We roast your bag the week it ships, every time. A subscription is the one order we can plan the roast around, so it is the freshest coffee that leaves the roastery.

The best price we offer

Subscribers pay less than one-time buyers on every bag: 9% off each delivery, and the first delivery 30% off with code ROSARY30.

A rosary with every delivery

Each 12 oz bag sends one rosary and each 5 lb bag sends five, placed in the hands of a patient in a hospital or a family in need in Nicaragua by the Franciscan communities who serve at origin.

Your coffee, your rhythm

Choose your coffee and size, whole bean or ground, every 2 to 12 weeks. Skip a delivery, pause or cancel from your account anytime.

Steady work at origin

Predictable orders let the families and the roastery plan the harvest and the roast. Steady demand is what turns a fair price into a stable income.

Never run out

The bag arrives before the last one is empty. No reordering, no supermarket coffee on the week you forgot.

Your first delivery

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Who we are

A roastery built around the people who grow the coffee.

We are a roaster first. In 2015 we bought our first roasting machine, and in 2018 we started buying directly from the first farming family in Nicaragua, sitting at their table and agreeing on a price face to face. Everything since then has grown from that table: more families, our own farm, and a roastery that today supplies homes, parishes, offices and other coffee brands across the United States.

Coffee for the common good is not a slogan we added later. It is the reason the company exists: a way to bring an exceptional coffee to your kitchen while the value of that coffee stays with the families who grow it. Watch the film to meet the people behind the bag.

The farm

Guadalupe Farms, Nicaragua.

Forty hectares in the mountains of Nicaragua, with coffee grown under shade trees on plantations we brought back to life. The cherries are picked by hand when they are ripe, processed and dried at origin, and cupped before they travel. This is where our signature lots begin, and where the families we work with earn a living that lets them keep their land.

The second film was made at the farm and with the people connected to it: the land, the harvest and the work that goes into a single cup.

Shade-grown coffee plants under native trees at Guadalupe Farms A harvester with a basket of ripe coffee cherries

From the farm to your cup

Five steps, and we are present at every one of them.

Harvest

Ripe cherries picked by hand on Guadalupe Farms and the family farms we buy from.

Process

Washed for our signature coffee; natural and honey processes for the special lots.

Cup and score

Every lot is graded on the SCA scale. Only 84 and above makes the lineup.

Roast on demand

Your order triggers the roast, to the profile of the coffee you chose.

Pack and ship

Packed right after roasting and shipped from the USA, close to the roast date.

Compared with the bag at the supermarket

Same price range. Not the same coffee.

Feature
Big-brand coffee
Guadalupe Roastery
Where it comes from
Blends of unknown origins bought through importers
Single origin Nicaragua: our own farm and families we buy from directly
Quality
Not scored, or commercial grade
Scored on every lot: 84 to 89 SCA, specialty grade
Freshness
Roasted and packed months before you open it
Roasted on demand when you order, shipped close to the roast date
Who roasts it
A contract roaster or a factory line
Our own roastery, since 2015
Traceability
None
Traceably Catholic: you can know the family, the farm and the roaster
Where the margin goes
Distributor and brand
100% reinvested with the farming families
Subscription
Auto-ship of the same old bag
9% off every delivery, freshest coffee we make, and a rosary sent with every delivery

Start here

Five coffees to begin with.

If you are new to us, start with Cristo Rey. It is the coffee we drink at home and the one most of our customers come back to.

Cristo Rey coffee bag

Signature · 84 pts

Cristo Rey

Washed, medium roast. Chocolate, citrus, round sweetness. The specialty of the home.

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Organic single origin coffee bag

Organic · 1,400 m

Organic Single Origin

The same signature profile, grown organically at 1,400 meters.

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Three Kings dark roast coffee bag

Dark roast

Three Kings

Fuller body, low acidity, dark-chocolate sweetness without ash or bitterness.

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Deep Forest Blend coffee bag

Special lot · 87 pts

Deep Forest

High-grown Geisha with hints of fruit and a crisp, clean finish.

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Single Estate natural process coffee bag

Single estate · Natural

Single Estate Natural

Sun-dried in the cherry for wine-like notes and a heavier, sweeter body.

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★★★★★4.8 out of 5from 233 verified customer reviews

“My daughter says my house has the best coffee in town. I order the whole bean and grind fresh as part of my daily ritual.”

Lori K. · Verified buyer

“Most coffees these days are burnt tasting. When you open the bag of coffee it smells amazing and is so fresh!”

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“Full bodied and smooth, never bitter. Once I started drinking such good coffee, I’ve never been able to go back to the big cans.”

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Questions people ask before their first bag

Frequently asked questions

Where is the coffee grown?

In the mountains of Nicaragua, on Guadalupe Farms, our own 40-hectare farm, and on the farms of Catholic families we buy from directly. Everything we sell is single origin Nicaragua.

How fresh is it when it arrives?

We roast on demand: your order triggers the roast, the bag is packed right after and it ships from the USA close to the roast date. Whole bean keeps its peak longest; if you order ground, we grind right before packing.

What do the scores mean?

They are cupping scores on the Specialty Coffee Association’s 100-point scale, given by trained tasters. 80 and above is specialty grade. Our signature coffee scores 84 and our special lots score between 87 and 89; we also roast the 2026 Gold Cup champion lot, Natural Parainema.

What does “traceably Catholic” mean?

That every link of the chain can be traced and is Catholic: the families who grow the coffee, the farm and the roastery. It also means the value stays in that chain: the families are paid a fair price and 100% of our margin is reinvested with them in Catholic Trade.

How does the subscription work?

Choose the coffee, the size and how often you want it. Your first delivery is 30% off with code ROSARY30, every delivery after that is 9% off, you can change, pause or cancel anytime, and every subscription delivery sends a rosary to someone in need in Nicaragua through the Franciscan communities who serve at origin.

Do you ship for free?

US orders over $150 ship free. Smaller orders pay the shipping shown at checkout. Everything ships from the United States.

Do you supply parishes, offices or other brands?

Yes. We roast for parishes, schools, offices and co-ops by the case, and we roast and pack coffee under other brands’ labels. See our wholesale program or private label.

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Roasted when you order it, from a farm and families you can see. Start a subscription and your first delivery is 30% off, then 9% off every delivery, with a rosary sent each time.

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Guadalupe Roastery · 1915 Aster Road, Sycamore, IL 60178 · (239) 986-0550 · customerservice@guadaluperoastery.com

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