88 Graines

88 Graines works at a less visible point in the coffee chain: before beans reach a roaster. With a registered office in Paris, the company sources, imports, and sells green coffee to professionals and enthusiasts who want to understand the origin and processing of each lot. Its approach links purchasing to the people growing the coffee and the decisions made by those who roast it.

The company’s own story begins when two women who had attended school in the same Polish town met again years later on a farm in Bolivia. That encounter shaped an approach focused on lasting relationships with producers. It does not mean all its coffee comes from Bolivia: the catalog includes origins in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

The store can be filtered by country, variety, and process. Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, and Panama are among the origins, with washed, natural, and honey-processed lots. For a roaster, those distinctions matter as much as tasting notes: they influence comparisons between beans, sample orders, and roast trials.

Alongside green coffee bags and packages, 88 Graines sells roasting equipment and accessories. Parts of the offering can be explored from one kilogram, and customers can request samples from farms or partners. Its professional platform adds ordering, reservations, and order management in one place for buyers working with several lots over the course of a year.

The business documents visits to growing regions and introduces its collaborators by farm or organization. It also explains work involving transportation, storage, and the continuity of cultivation. Coffee Co-Changers and initiatives in Guatemala extend that conversation about origin; each project has its own aims and is not a blanket certification for every product.

The published contact for inquiries and samples belongs to the company, whose registered office is on Rue Saint-Fiacre in Paris. That is an administrative address, not a coffee shop or a store serving prepared drinks. Purchases and lot research take place through the catalog and the commercial relationship with the team.

For readers interested in specialty coffee, 88 Graines shows that “origin” is more than a country name on a bag. Farm, variety, processing, and buying format make up a different record for each coffee. The company brings those variables together with samples and equipment, offering a working route from green bean to roast decision.