From one farm to three communities.
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One farm, one philosophy
Our production started at Hacienda La Papaya in 2014, the flagship farm where Juan Peña’s agronomic philosophy first took shape. It sits within Saraguro territory, where the work still follows the communal minga.
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A genetic bank, kept pure
We preserve each variety and its genetics in the purest way possible. For every variety we maintain 200 plants dedicated exclusively to seed, the pure lineage that every one of our farms inherits.
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The first championships
Coffee grown by Juan begins to take barista and roaster championships. Over the years the record grows to titles across four continents, earned by everyone whose hands touched the lot.
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Integrated Coffee Pulse
A proprietary, fully integrated real-time monitoring system developed in-house, so we can make extremely fast and proactive decisions and reduce or even eliminate the need for pesticides. A lighter hand on the land the communities depend on.
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Everyone learns to cup
We run an internal school for specialty coffee cupping. Our goal is to build a shared language around coffee, so every team member is involved, falls in love with it, and lives it with the same passion.
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Yunguilla and Yacuri come of age
Production started at both new farms in 2025, first-generation La Papaya seed carried into two more terroirs and two more cultures: Cañari roots in the Yunguilla valley, and the Amazon-facing frontier of Yacuri, on one of the oldest inhabited landscapes in the western Amazon.
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The CafExporto Foundation
For young people in the communities where our coffee grows, the future can feel narrow. We believe the most valuable crop we can plant is knowledge, so the Foundation starts in the classroom, strengthening under-resourced rural schools from preschool through high school.
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Sponsoring the next generation
Beyond the classroom, the Foundation sponsors promising students through agribusiness degrees, so the next generation can lead the industry growing around them, and carry what they learn back to the land their families farm.
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Poured on four continents
We plant, grow and export the finest specialty coffee in the world, and connect the people who drink it with its origins. Around 45 lots, three farms, one standard.
