A country with so much green must be blessed with abundant water–and Guatemala is. Plentiful water flows into aquifers, over thirty-five major rivers, and more than a thousand lakes and lagoons. More than 85% of coffee farms within the primary water recharge areas.

Humidity coming from the oceans is trapped by the high volcanic and mountain chain of the coffee growing regions. This moisture is the converted into abundant rainfall ranges anywhere between 32 to 200 inches (800 to 5000 mm) a year.

All together, coffee forests in Guatemala contribute significantly to water resources by supplying approximately 3 billion cubic meters of water a year to the hydrologic cycle.