Green coffee or “unroasted” or “raw” coffee - refers to coffee beans that have not been roasted yet . The beans are obtained from coffee cherries after they have been peeled and dried. Once roasted and ground, they are brewed to create the beverage we enjoy.

Chemical transformations take place during the roasting process that not only change the color of the beans and increase their volume, but also amplifies the compounds responsible for coffee’s seductive flavor and aroma.

Green Coffee Beans in Brazil

With more than two centuries trading green coffee in the international market, Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of green coffee beans in the world. Green coffee comprises 5.4% of Brazil’s total agribusiness exports. According to Cecafé — the Council of Brazilian Coffee Exporters — Brazilian coffee is consumed in over 120 countries.

Minas Gerais is the top coffee-growing state in Brazil, responsible for more than half of its total production of green coffee beans. Therefore, Atlantica Coffee’s sourcing offices are strategically located in two of Minas Gerais’ main coffee-growing regions: Matas de Minas and Sul de Minas. Green is how Brazilian coffee crossed borders to conquer the world.

Why getting green coffee beans is better than roasted?

Compared to roasted and ground coffee, green coffee is by far the best way to maintain coffee quality. After roasting, coffee undergoes chemical and physio-chemical changes that significantly alter its sensory properties. With time, it begins to lose quality.

During the grinding process, the rupture of cells and the loss of cellular components increases the coffee’s surface area and its contact with oxygen, accelerating the process of oxidation and causing a loss in quality. The shelf life of roasted and ground coffee is much shorter than that of whole green coffee beans.

Diversity on roasting profiles

There are different roasting profiles such as light, medium, or dark roasts. The coffee preferences can vary from country to country, region to region, and person to person! The level of roasting can highlight or conceal the properties of the selected coffee beans.

Proper roasting brings out the best flavors, aromas, and acidity of each coffee. Regardless of how they are roasted, our green Arabica coffees combine natural Brazilian aromas and exceptional flavors with internationally recognized certifications.

Atlantica’s Green Coffee Beans

Proudly hailing from Minas Gerais, Atlantica Coffee is a company part of the holding Montesanto Tavares Group (GMT). Our coffee lines are composed exclusively of green Arabica coffee beans. Since 2000, we have brought the best coffee beans to the world from the most traditional coffee-growing regions of Brazil, the largest producer and exporter of coffee on the planet.

Atlantica Coffee operates primarily in the trade and export of the best green Arabica coffee beans in the world, buying, storing, transporting, and exporting all over the world. Our coffees pass through strict requirements before joining our main commercial lines in order to ensure that our clients have the best experience with Brazilian coffee.

We source locally from  our green coffee from small, medium and large Brazilian farmers, allowing us to offer a wide variety of coffee to our clients and reinforce family coffee-growing traditions.

Atlantica Coffee unites ethics with exceptional green coffee, fast service, and innovation. A close, enduring relationship of trust between growers, clients, and partners who are all relevant stakeholder of Atlantica Coffee.