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Who Makes The
BEST COFFEE

This is an editorial research profile, not a first-person interview or independently conducted farm visit. Check the research sources below for supporting evidence.

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Farmer profile
🇬🇹Guatemala

Hugo Ruiz

Hugo Ruiz is a smallholder coffee producer near Concepción Huista in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. His highland farm is part of CODECH, a cooperative that evaluates each farmer's deliveries and separates the strongest lots for premium sale.

History

Counter Culture Coffee has worked with CODECH since 2010. Hugo's separated coffee is regularly among the cooperative's highest-scoring seasonal deliveries.

Published coffees linked to Hugo Ruiz

A producer may be listed for one explicitly documented component of a blend, not the entire coffee. These catalog relationships do not independently verify every lot or harvest. Check the individual coffee profiles and original research sources.

Research sources & verification

These source links were recorded for this producer profile. They provide a way to check the documented claims; the links do not independently establish each person's identity, current farm relationship or coffee lot.

Research last reviewed: 2026-09-30

  1. Source 1: counterculturecoffee.com