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Café Aromas del Campo
Christmas Cuela Box 2025: Our Puerto Rican Traditions
Christmas is around the corner and in Cuela, we take this time of year very seriously and with great joy, because, like coffee, Christmas also defines us as a Boricuas.And as is tradition in Cuela,...

Coffee Growers
Processing Washed Coffee for Dummies
Another harvest season in Puerto Rico's Coffee Industry. Another year filled with hope for continued improvement in our Coffee Industry, despite the challenges we face. But as I once heard from Jea...

Coffee Growers
The Magic of Roasting Coffee
Roasting is one of the most important processes, if not the most important, in coffee. The roaster is responsible for highlighting the hard work the coffee farmer has put in throughout the entire p...

Cuela Coffee Journeys
Matcha Replacing Coffee?
I never thought I'd write about Matcha, but I believe that as a Co-Owner of a Coffee Shop, it's worth addressing. This is thanks to my partner and friend Gustavo Fadhel, who, upon visiting Blank St...

Borbón
The One and Only Bourbon Coffee from Puerto Rico
Imagine being a fourth-generation Coffee Farmer in the town of Yauco, Puerto Rico. This means you've witness good times in the industry, you also been through uneven times, through a Hurricane Mari...

Café Gripiñas
Café Gripiñas: The Untold Story
Deep in the mountains of Puerto Rico, between the three highest peaks of our island—Cerro Punta, Cerro Puntita, and Cerro Maravilla—one of Borikén's most historic coffees is produced. Reaching this...

Cuela es Café de Puerto Rico
Cuela es Café de Puerto Rico: A Gastronomic Tribute to our History and Culture
At the end of 2024, we came up with an idea to explain the purpose of Cuela as a brand, but also with the idea of encouraging our team to develop their skills and step out of their comfort zones. U...

CuelaCoffeeJourneys
Cuela Coffee Journeys: The Hidden Coffee Stories from Puerto Rico
This year, we decided to embark on a unique mission within the Puerto Rican Coffee Industry. The objective of this mission, which we have called Cuela Coffee Journeys, is to reach the most unique c...

Coffee Growers
My Coffee is too Acid...
Let's talk about acidity in coffee. It's a topic that you start hearing quite often when you enter the world of Specialty Coffee, and to a certain extent, a bit strangely because its normal to have...
