Experience The Best Colombian Coffee With Andina Coffee!

Maria Varela & Colombian Farmers

Our Partners

Andina Coffee is the creation of Maria Paz Varela Hernandez, Colombian , specifically from Cartagena, the north of the country and  who moved from to Scotland in 2017. I (Maria) knew that there was a market for speciality coffee from Colombia in the UK and I have worked hard to bring some of the best Colombian coffee beans to the UK.

After some time trying to sell online coffee, doing research and knowing that there was a huge competition out there, I decided to open a coffee shop with the bad/good luck that just after signing the leasing of the property the first lockdown in Scotland was announced. My husband and I worked hard to get the premises ready and we took turns with family members to help us with the refurbishing of it. After months of work we were able to operate as a takeaway in Dennistoun. Fast-forward  3 years without going into too many details we decided to expand and open our second coffee shop in the West End of Glasgow.

In Andina Coffee Co. we consider the hard working coffee farmers – who handpick our best Colombian coffee beans – artisans. Our beans travel thousands of miles from the Andean (Andina in Spanish) Region of Colombia, South America, to your cup.

We are the only coffee roasters in the UK that roasts its coffee at origin with the aim to add value in the producing country, and improve outcomes for Colombian coffee growers as a result

The idea is that the profit from the sale of the roasted coffee then stays in-country and consequently drives economic development in coffee-growing communities.

We are proud to work with Fairtrade suppliers who provide quality coffee beans and fair working conditions for the artisan farmers. Andina Coffee is the only coffee beans in the UK to have the Protected Geographical Indication – Café de Colombia (PGI – Colombian Coffee), A guarantee of origin for Colombian coffee growers and distributors since they allow them to guarantee the authenticity of their product and compliance with the quality standards of Colombian Coffee.

We are a Colombian coffee  brand committed to offering the best specialty coffee and honouring our farmers by generating prosperity and wellbeing

Our Values:

Experts: We belong to a Colombian Coffee tradition that has the knowledge and experience to produce the best specialty coffee in the world

Authentic: We truly represent the best of Colombia and we want to show the best of it. We are proud of our roots, our ancestors and our history. Every part of it made us resilient and stronger for future generations.

Joyful: We are Latin American and carry the tropic’s passion and joy. We want to share it with people around us

Connectors: We build a community not only of coffee lovers but of one that enjoys nature, traveling, new friends and simple things in life

Respectfulness: We are sustainable, we honour our lands, our Colombian coffee, we protect the forest, enhance the lands of our farmers and lookup for a world where people and businesses thrive in harmony.

Inclusion: We promote equal access and opportunities to Colombian coffee & cacao farmers and employees in Colombia so no one will be excluded or marginalised regarding their origin

Colombianity: We are Colombia, we are Colombian Coffee, we are Colombian Cacao, we want to bring the most representative of our culture. The stories of our people, the language we use and our way of seeing life. We want to improve the image of the country and its products abroad

As coffee roasters we want to bring to you the best coffee beans to your house, coffee shop, roastery, B&B and any other space where our coffee can be appreciated enjoyed.