Specialty Green Coffee Importer | B2B Equipment | Professional Training | Belco
Are you a roaster? Do you run a coffee shop?
Specialty green coffee & equipment sourcing and importing.
Discover high-quality, 100% traceable green coffees, with prices set together with producers, proudly produced and with measured impact, aligned with your customers’ expectations, along with a selection of more than 50 brands of coffee roasting and brewing equipment.
Specialty Green Coffee: Sourcing & Quality
Being a Belco customer means more than simply buying coffee and equipment: it means joining a committed coffee ecosystem, surrounded by passionate professionals, and gaining access to a complete range of services and expertise included in the price of your products.
Sourcing & Transparency
- Year-round presence at origin through our teams in Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya.
- A specialized team of sourcers, agronomists, Q-Graders, logistics experts, and more.
- 150 to 300 coffees available year-round, from volume lots to microlots.
- Tailor-made sourcing, contracts, spot sales, Direct Trade, FOB.
- Full and complete traceability.
- Producer training through our training farms at origin.
- Real-time price adjustments on belco.fr.
Quality first
- End-to-end quality control with 3 labs at origin and 1 quality hub in France.
- A unique 8-step physical and sensory quality protocol.
- Up to 5 analyses per sample, compared with an average of 2 on the market.
- Independent second analysis for organic coffees.
- A global team of 11 Q-Graders, calibrated and connected through our app “Le Lab”.
- 450+ cuppings per year, with around 3,600 coffees tasted by our France team.
- Quality sheets accessible 24/7.
Genuine Commercial Support
- Creation of your signature blends, tailor-made ranges, and merchandising.
- After-sales support available 5 days a week.
- Customizable marketing tools: QR codes for packaging, A4/A5 sheets, postcards, certifications.
- Exclusive events throughout the year: Primeurs, Ethiopian Day, Live Cuppings, Webinars, Conferences.
- 24/7 access to replays, magazines, posters, and sales-support tools via your client account.
Transition & Impact
- A team of 8 dedicated to transition and impact.
- Coffees selected according to Belco’s Impact Score© (December 2025), based on 24 sustainability criteria across the coffee supply chain.
- Purpose-driven initiatives: Fresh Coffee Clean Ocean©, Café de Forêt©, Soil of Excellence©.
- An annual Impact Report.
- EUDR compliance and support.
Professional Training & Services
- Roast analysis and expert advice.
- Independent quality analysis of your coffees.
- In-person training at the Belco Coffee School in Mérignac.
- Tailor-made training directly at your premises.
- E-learning courses for you and your teams.
- Masterclasses throughout the year.
- Sourcing webinars every three months.
Equipment for roasters and baristas
- A complete catalogue of 50 brands, with more than 1,200 products.
- Equipment selected for its quality and CSR commitments.
- Products tested by experts, designed for roasters, coffee shops and baristas.
- 24/7 access to your customer account: order history, invoices, preferential pricing…
- Personalized support for creating your product ranges, with advice on merchandising and customer experience.
- After-sales support available 5 days a week, with an online ticketing and tracking tool.
Discover FRESH COFFEE CLEAN OCEAN
The brand that guarantees you a 90% decarbonized sailing transport for your coffees.
IMPACT SCORE®
The score that assesses the sustainability of your coffees.This tool serves a dual purpose: it helps you easily integrate sustainability into your purchasing decisions, and it enables us to identify agro-environmental, socio-territorial, and economic projects at origin. Explore the methodology behind the score, the 24 scoring criteria and how you can present this to your customers.
Rising prices?
Your new communication tools
For several months now, coffee prices are skyrocketing. That’s why we’ve developed tools to help you communicate about specialty coffee — its added value, its production process, and more. A ready-to-use campaign you can implement in your own establishments or with your clients!
Discover FRESH COFFEE CLEAN OCEAN
The brand that guarantees you a 90% decarbonized sailing transport for your coffees.
IMPACT SCORE®
The score that assesses the sustainability of your coffees.This tool serves a dual purpose: it helps you easily integrate sustainability into your purchasing decisions, and it enables us to identify agro-environmental, socio-territorial, and economic projects at origin. Explore the methodology behind the score, the 24 scoring criteria and how you can present this to your customers.
Why Choose Belco?
An International Team
We are passionate about coffee and cocoa, with teams based in Ethiopia, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, Germany and France, driven by a shared ambition to make a positive difference across our supply chains.
Specialists
We are sourcers, buyers, agronomists, field engineers, quality controllers, logistics experts, sales teams, Q-Graders, trainers, and more.
A Driving Force
We offer high-quality, sustainably grown products, supported by social and environmental projects that contribute to the transition of the coffee and cocoa supply chains.
A Commitment
We are committed to protecting the environment, decarbonizing the supply chain and ensuring price transparency. Let’s build more sustainable supply chains together.
Great products, no compromise
Quality
Quality comes first, as it’s crucial to sustainability
Traceable
Clear, accessible data, every step of the way
Transparent
From the price paid to producers to the sustainability of their farming practices and impact
Income at origin
Direct purchase, at a fair price for producers
Sustainable
Commitment to the transition to a more resilient and respectful agriculture