The Pérez brothers and the Blessing of Toro Negro
Coffee Growers

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...
Microclimates & Coffee in Puerto Rico
Coffee Growers

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...
Three years enjoying the Process
Coffee Growers

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: A Gift full of Boricua Tradition
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 ...
Alberto Méndez Custodio: An Example of Sustainable Coffee Growing
Café Aromas del Campo

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...
Hurricane Fiona: We will rise once again
Coffee Growers

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...
For the first time in history, 12 international tasters connect virtually to grade Coffees from Puerto Rico
Coffee Growers

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...
Single Variety Marsellesa from San Sebastián
Coffee Growers

Single Variety Marsellesa from San Sebastián

When we have to talk about coffee growers in Puerto Rico who are constantly experimenting with their fermentation processes, without a doubt, the name of  Jimmy González must be mentioned. Papamin...
Try one of the fewest coffees still grown in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coffee Growers

Try one of the fewest coffees still grown in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Café Abuelo Domingo from Hacienda La Mocha is an exclusive label for Cuela, but that's not cool part. What is formidable about this coffee is that it comes from one of the few farms that still pro...