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Café Zamora

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Café Zamora; not a documentary photograph
IndependentRoasts its own coffeeSourcing: Farm level
TagsCafé ZamoraOregon coffee roastersGuatemalaIndependentFarm levelRoasts in-house
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Café Zamora is a Portland-based coffee roaster and café that operates a unique, vertically integrated model connecting their family-owned farm in Guatemala directly to consumers in Oregon. By eliminating middlemen, the company focuses on sustainable, shade-grown practices and ensuring equitable profits for their farming community. Their shop serves as a community-focused space offering high-quality single-origin roasts and specialty beverages.

Ownership
Café Zamora is an independent, family-owned business founded by Hector Mejía Zamora, who grew up on the family coffee farm in Guatemala.
Roasting
Reported to roast in-house.
What it's known for
The brand is known for its vertically integrated, farmer-owned supply chain that brings coffee directly from the Zamora family farm in Santa Rosa, Guatemala, to their Portland roastery and café.
Sourcing countries
Guatemala
Farm-level sourcing
The brand sources exclusively from its own family farm in the Santa Rosa region of Guatemala. They maintain full control over the supply chain, including growing, milling, exporting, and roasting the coffee themselves.
Notable coffees
  • — Guatemalan Single-Origin (Santa Rosa)
Documented coffee offerings

Coffees researched from Café Zamora

These are examples recorded during editorial research. They are not a live product feed. The coffee, lot, price, and availability may have changed. We have not necessarily brewed these coffees ourselves.

External customer, cafe, marketplace, and class ratings are not comparable measures of the quality of an individual coffee. We do not convert them into original tasting scores or brand-wide star ratings. Our independent reviews are published separately after a coffee has actually been brewed and evaluated.

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Retailer information: Café Zamora

Documented physical retailers
Café Zamora
Historical source note (not live inventory): The brand operates its own physical coffee shop in Portland, Oregon, where it sells its roasted coffee beans.
Physical
Market of Choice
Historical source note (not live inventory): Carries the brand's coffee at multiple locations across Oregon.
Physical
Kaah Market
Historical source note (not live inventory): A local Portland market that stocks the brand's coffee.
Physical
Genie's
Historical source note (not live inventory): A Portland brunch institution that serves the brand's coffee.
Physical
Documented online sources
Zamora Coffee's online shop
Historical source note (not live inventory): The brand's official website offers direct-to-consumer sales of their Guatemalan single-origin coffee.
Website
Amazon
Historical source note (not live inventory): Sells various roasts of the brand's whole bean coffee with shipping options.
Website

I was able to verify the brand's own retail shop, their official online store, Amazon, and specific local retail partners in Oregon through their store locator; however, some older references to New Seasons Market were noted but not explicitly confirmed on the current store locator page.

These references come from public store locators, retailer listings and brand materials. Last checked Oct 26, 2026. They are research links, not proof of current stock or a buying recommendation. Verify availability, price and location directly with the source.
In the news

Recent news and media coverage about Café Zamora, as documented by outside outlets. We link to the original reporting and do not rewrite or endorse it.

2026-08-13 · The Infatuation
Café Zamora - Review - Creston-Kenilworth - Portland, OR

Café Zamora was featured as one of the 25 best coffee shops in Portland by The Infatuation. The review highlights the brand's farm-to-cup model, noting that the owner imports beans directly from his family's farm in Guatemala and roasts them fresh weekly in Portland.

Sources used in this deep dive
Research disclosure — this profile was compiled from public online sources on 2026-10-06. This company overview is not a tasting review. Original tasting reviews are labeled separately when they exist. Ownership, roasting and sourcing details are attributed to documented sources. While the brand's website and public coverage confirm it was founded by Hector Mejía Zamora, a specific founding year for the business entity is not explicitly stated in the provided sources.

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