Acapulco’s coffee
In the early twentieth century, Wadi Guraieb opened a grocery store in downtown Acapulco and became one of the first people to roast coffee in Acapulco.
The dolphin logo with Calidad Total and Café de Guerrero, known all over Acapulco from our bags, cups and storefront.
Of everything he sold, the coffee stood out. People came back for it, recommended it, and asked for it more and more. In time, Wadi set the other products aside and devoted himself entirely to coffee from Guerrero, especially the coffee arriving from the Sierra de Atoyac.
He called it Café Atoyac.
But Acapulco gave it another name.
To the city it was simply Wadi's coffee.
When Wadi died, his son Said Guraieb officially adopted the name the city had already chosen, and Café Wadi was born. Said carried on the craft for decades and kept alive a tradition deeply tied to downtown Acapulco.
After Said's death in 2020 came a stretch of especially difficult years. The pandemic, Hurricane Otis, several earthquakes and the wear and tear on our shop and equipment tested the business like never before.
Café Wadi held on.
We renovated the shop, the roaster, the espresso machine and the equipment. We also rethought the way we work, with better training and service, so every part of your visit is better.
But the point was never to change Café Wadi.
It was to bring back the best of Café Wadi.
To stay a family business. To keep working with coffee from Guerrero. To keep roasting here. To keep serving the people who have been walking through the same door for years, and those who are just discovering us.
We roast coffee every single day.
We select the beans, roast throughout the day, weigh the coffee in front of you, and can grind it on the spot for the way you brew at home.
Wadi has always stood out for its variety. We offer coffees, blends and roast profiles that are hard to find anywhere else in Acapulco: mild, bold, aromatic, traditional, and blends that are part of the history of the house. All of them are always freshly roasted.
Acapulco has changed many times, and Café Wadi has had to change with it. What matters has not: freshly roasted coffee, the variety, the personal service and a craft learned over generations.
And a name that did not come from an office or an ad campaign.
The people gave it to us.
Café Wadi.
