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Hacienda Pomarrosa, a paradise with awesome coffee
Hacienda Pomarrosa is located about 2,900 feet above sea level on the border of Ponce and Adjuntas. When you arrive you may feel a little dizzy because of so many curves, but you will be relieved a...
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The Pérez brothers and the Blessing of Toro Negro
Puerto Rico is full of beautiful mountains. It is practically impossible not to be impressed every time one goes up the hill to the coffee-growing area of our island. Among the mountains of our bel...
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Cuela Coffee Shop: The Tangible Experience
Three years and 1,095 days after launching Cuela e-commerce, we finally open our first Cuela store. Honestly, I never thought that this new venture was going to happened so quickly but the busin...
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Microclimates & Coffee in Puerto Rico
Since I started studying specialty coffee, a topic that was always part of the conversation was the impact of microclimates in the region or country where the coffee is produced. This term intrigue...
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Three years enjoying the Process
In 2017 we were able to detect a problem in a industry that we are very passionate about for what it represents for the socioeconomic history of Puerto Rico. Our hypothesis was that through a di...
Christmas Cuela Box
Christmas Cuela Box: A Gift full of Boricua Tradition
At Cuela we always seek to create concepts with purpose, with that famous why. We understand that it is the way in which we have the most fun when creating something and, more importantly, connect ...
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Alberto Méndez Custodio: An Example of Sustainable Coffee Growing
Working with coffee is very sacrfice, since it is a product that is easily damaged. For Alberto Méndez, a young coffee producer from the coffee town of Utuado it is much more complicated, because h...
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Hurricane Fiona: We will rise once again
What we always thought could happen, but we didn’t wanted to realize it, happened this past Sunday, September 18, 2022. Five years after Hurricane María, the phenomenon that wiped off the map the P...
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For the first time in history, 12 international tasters connect virtually to grade Coffees from Puerto Rico
With the purpose of continuing exposing Puerto Rican coffee to different parts of the world, we got together with the renowned Belgian Q Grader, Kim Ossenblok, to carry out the first virtual intern...