Our Story
Roasting and Crafting Great Coffee Since 1990
Bean Around the World brings passion for coffee and a zest for living to South Granville. Right in the heart of Vancouver’s Gallery Row, we bring you beautiful, hand-crafted espressos and lattes from our experienced baristas. Take a look at the featured art and artists on our wall, enjoy a comfortable seat and snack after shopping, or have an early-morning coffee before heading off to work.
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Serving you locally roasted coffee beans made fresh on our hand-made La Marzocco espresso machine allows us the pleasure of giving you the best cup of coffee we can.
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We offer a delectable selection of the finest, fresh-daily baked goods, made in house by our own kitchen, and delicious gluten-free options provided to us by Lemonade Bakery, and if you’re a little more hungry we have options for a light lunch as well.
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With their passion for coffee and good service, our baristas are looking forward to the next time you come in!
The School
Sourcing the best coffee has taken us all around the world and we’ve been lucky to befriend some of the amazing farmers and families behind the Bean. Our commitment to supporting the people behind the Bean isn’t reserved for the ones who live in North America.
We believe that the most ethical farming practices are those where producers can communicate their real needs to the companies that use their beans – and those companies listen. We asked Ricardo Zelaya—one of our friends and producers from Antigua, Guatemala—what his community needed most and his answer was a school for their children.
That’s when we first decided to build a school!
Many plantations are located in rural areas where travel to school becomes a barrier to education. For some kids, the distance was far enough that they couldn’t go to school at all. In 2008 we decided to work with Zelaya to build an elementary/middle school for the kids living on Finca El Carrizal in the middle of the jungle in Southern Guatemala.
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Since then we’ve been able to provide children from kindergarten to grade seven with an education right on the farm where their parents work. We supply the school with teacher salaries, funding for extra circulars, and healthy meals. This means that a portion of every purchase you make goes towards the education of a child in Guatemala. We think that’s something you can feel good sipping on.
