On July 31, a special tasting was offered to green coffee importers, wholesalers, roasters, retailers and other people related to the Japanese coffee market.

During the activity, Christian Rasch, Chairman to the Guatemalan National Coffee Association (Anacafé), gave a presentation to help participants understand important facts about Guatemalan Coffees.  The main topics developed include the mutual benefit relation between our shade-grown coffee and nature preservation, Guatemalan coffee regions, Anacafé’s action plan to comply Japan’s food safety program, export data and statistics and technological advances attained to promote traceability and commercial transparency.