Made in Guatemala: Starbucks Coffee

Guatemala is the top coffee provider to Starbucks and the world's fifth-largest coffee exporter.

BY CHRONICLE STAFF

When you buy a tall coffee at Starbucks these days chances are you are drinking coffee from Guatemala. The Central American country is the top provider of coffee to the U.S. coffee chain, Starbucks spokesman Andy Fouche says.

Starbucks last year bought 73 percent of its coffee in Latin America. Apart from Guatemala, Starbucks buys coffee from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.

More >>