Panamerican Coffee Trading Co. S.A. was founded in 1980, and since its inception, it has been managed and operated from Costa Rica.

We are proud of our more than 40 years of experience in the coffee trade, where we have been sharing our knowledge and expertise about coffee with our clients throughout the Latin American region. Our traders’ extensive travel all over the region allow us to assure our clients that we have personal knowledge of the farms, mills, and export operations to provide them with specialized recommendations and advice.

We manage an annual volume of 600,000 bags of 69 kg each. We are able to supply all origins and qualities from Central America, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, as well as some selected African origins.

Become the leading coffee trading company in the region by bring forth the strengths of a large organization and the agility and efficiency of a small one.

Build long-lasting relationships with our clients by exceeding their expectations and gaining their trust through exceptional performance by every member of our team. Our commitment to superior quality and reliability is based on our core values: Integrity, Teamwork, Trust, Responsibility, and Excellence.

We value the qualities of being honest, fair, and practicing sound moral principles. Our actions honor ourselves and our organization.

We believe that the best solutions are achieved by working together effectively and efficiently.

We prize our trust by depending on the reliance, partnerships, and successes we share with everyone. We maintain this trust by practicing our core values.

We hold ourselves accountable and fulfill our commitments by fully sharing our company’s responsibility.

We strive to achieve superior results in everything we do by delivering on our promises and adding values that exceed expectations.

We at Panamerican Coffee are committed to quality. Our team of trained cuppers use a standardized protocol to evaluate each coffee sample on Flavor, Aftertaste, Acidity, Body, Balance and Sweetness of the Coffee. Our lab is equipped with state of the art equipment needed for the grading, roasting and cupping of the samples ensuring the needs of our customers.

In addition, we partner with the platform CROPSTER which allows us to integrate the sample grading, roasting, sensorial analysis and tracking. This platform allows us to monitor every aspect of our operations: from purchase, planning and projections to quality control utilizing a system specifically created for coffee trading.

Our company’s commitment to sustainability is paramount. It is a continuous process whereby we strive to preserve our environment for the generations that follow. Incorporating sustainability into our business over the years has been a fundamental building block of our strategic vision in the partnership with our client.

In addition to the above documentation and in order to gain more visibility on our supply chain we manage, assess, and report on sustainability performance of our suppliers through the SEDEX Platform.

We use this platform to store, analyze, and stay informed about sustainability practices throughout our supply chain.

All the above combined feeds our system creating a document per supplier called PaSS (Panamerican Sustainable Sourcing), which meets our supply chain goals.

This project features initiatives in all three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, social, and governance (ESG). It seeks to improve workers’ and their children’s health and education. It further develops actions to prevent child labor and promote the cooperative’s revenue safety. It also includes strategies for climate change adaptation and the prevention of deforestation of the Peruvian jungle.