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Nov 54 min read
Past, present y futuro : Felíz Cumpleaños Convivio Café
Two years ago, we opened our doors to this beautiful, bustling, multi-cultural, multi-lingual Café. The last time we updated you with a...
Jul 185 min read
ARTESANOS: Chica Bean
It’s March, which means the end of the coffee harvest in Guatemala. It's also International Women’s month. And what could be more fitting...
Mar 14, 20236 min read
ARTESANOS: Love&Tea
De la tierra a tu taza con amor. From the land to your cup with love. Are you picturing a dreamy fields of flowers and happy farmers,...
Dec 30, 20222 min read
New Year’s Traditions in Guatemala
What do a suitcase, sponge, a grape and gold underwear have in common? You guessed it! All things you must have handy on December 31st to...
Aug 20, 20226 min read
ARTESANOS: Luis, Leo and the experimental spirit of Antigua
I’ve met a lot of farmers in my life. Somehow, I’ve been lucky enough to create a career journey that’s afforded me the pleasure of...
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Evolution of a logo
We want to take you back, back in time, to a land of 2020, pandemics, uncertainty, and.... two socias with a burning fire for starting...
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Semana Santa - Holy Week in Guatemala
In Guatemala April marks the celebration of Semana Santa (Holy Week) which lasts a whole week. Known officially as “La Semana Mayor” (The...
Feb 27, 20226 min read
From one cocina to the next: my journey from Sun Valley Kitchen to Convivio Café
In 2016, a friend of mine introduced me to Sun Valley Kitchen, a kitchen I would soon come to find as a sparkling warm home of a kitchen...
Jan 6, 20226 min read
En orígen (at origin)
While I cozy up and watch the snow pour down outside my window here in Denver, cafecito in hand, I'm thinking back on much warmer times...
Nov 1, 20215 min read
Past, present and future: Welcome to our new Convivio Café space in Denver
Back in 2015, Vivi and I met at a grassroots non-profit - Re:Vision (amazing, check them out if you haven't heard the good news). I was...
Oct 15, 20213 min read
1 de noviembre: Día de todos los Santos
Día de Todos los Santos is a very special holiday in Guatemala: a day to celebrate and remember loved ones who have passed away. Families...
Oct 1, 20215 min read
My immigration story: una chapina comes to Colorado.
In order to understand a piece of the Convivio Café story I would like to share a bit about my personal story. The story of a Guatemalan...
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Farm to cup. For real.
There are about 750,000 smallholder coffee farmers in Central America. Imagine, the whole of Denver Metro area… farming coffee! And it’s...
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Featured in 5280?!
Wow. Just wow. We were featured in 5280 (Denver's prominent magazine) as the women bringing beyond-fair trade coffee to Denver. Read the...
Jul 7, 20212 min read
The Mysteries of Abuelas
“Mi Abuela es un misterio'". That’s how I always start the story of my grandmother - she is a mystery. Born on the somewhat lesser-known...
Jun 29, 20213 min read
No Imposter Syndrome at this Café
18 years ago, almost to the day, I got my first job at a coffee shop. EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. Am I even old enough to say that? I remember...
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Guate-Inspired Café
Hola! this is Vivi, the 'chapina' coffee socia (guatemalan, café business partner) sharing a bit about our women owned, Guate inspired,...
Aug 31, 20202 min read
comenzando...
¡Saludos friends and fam! Oh, this year. Call it a doozy or a nightmare, it’s been nothing short of a full-blown challenge. We don’t know...
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