Our Blog

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...

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...

Café Sotavento brings you an exotic variety never seen before in Puerto Rico In our content about Puerto Rican coffee, we've always provided information about the most common Arabica varieties in P...

In recent months we have been hearing a lot about the rise in the coffee price worldwide, but what is the reason for this and what should a specialty coffee shops do? (Cuela’s Opinion) The rise in ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...