Who owns Café Buendía?
Café Buendía is made and sold by Colombina (Colombia) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2001; Colombina does not own the name.[1] The Café Buendía name is owned by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia.
Evidence: Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- Colombina S.A. reported
- Since
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇴 Colombia, Cali
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Trademark registrant
- Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Café Buendía
Café Buendía belongs to the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, the national coffee growers' federation, and not to Colombina. Colombina has distributed the brand since 2001 under an alliance with the federation, which is why it appears in the company's own catalogue of brands without ever having been one of its own.
Trademark record for Café Buendía
The USPTO record for the Café Buendía mark lists Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia as the owner of record (serial number 77608937). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of Café Buendía
Where Café Buendía sits in Colombina
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Colombina
Colombina controls 14 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in coffee, and who owns them
The 67 brands in coffee on Brandtree belong to 34 owners. The largest is Keurig Dr Pepper, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Douwe Egberts | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Caribe | Coffee Holding | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Barão | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Nescafé | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Ah Huat | Power Root | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Barcaffè | Atlantic Grupa | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Carte Noire | Lavazza | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Boyds | Royal Cup | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Colombina
Colombina is a privately held company headquartered in Cali, Colombia, founded in 1927.
Colombina is a Colombian food company founded in 1927 by Hernando Caicedo, a Valle del Cauca sugar planter who decided to add value to the output of his own mill by turning it into sweets. The tropical-fruit hard candies it launched in 1935 became popular enough to be known simply as colombinas. It is still run by the founder's descendants — César A. Caicedo has led it since 2002 and the board is dominated by Caicedo family members — and it now sells around $885 million a year across confectionery, biscuits, sauces, ice cream and canned fish in more than eighty countries. Two of the best-known names in its catalogue are not its own: Van Camp's and Café Buendía are distribution agreements, which it reports separately as represented products.
🇨🇴 Café Buendía and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Café Buendía is not one of them.
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Agua Cristal — Postobón 🇨🇴
- Aguila — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Almendra Tropical — CasaLuker 🇨🇴
- La Bastilla — Grupo Nutresa 🇨🇴
- Airplan — ASUR 🇲🇽
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Café Buendía?
Colombina makes and sells Café Buendía under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2001.
Does Colombina own Café Buendía?
No. Colombina holds a licence to make and sell Café Buendía, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Café Buendía come from?
Café Buendía originated in Colombia.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Colombina S.A. — Informe Anual 2025 — Colombina S.A., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] USPTO: CAFÉ BUENDIA! BY JUAN VALDEZ, serial 77608937 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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