Genetic Bank · Cafexporto

What the bank protects

01 / The principle

Variety integrity is fragile. Mislabeled seed, accidental crossing, and generational drift quietly erode the genetics that give a coffee its character.

Cafexporto answers this with a private genetic bank: a controlled collection of first-generation mother plants, identified and kept apart so each variety stays true. Seed for new plantings is drawn from these mothers, not from open lots, so the lineage of every tree on our farms traces back to a known source.

This is Juan Peña’s discipline made structural. Rather than verify a variety only when it reaches the cupping table, we protect it at the point where it begins.

Juan Peña, founder of CafExporto and certified Q-grader, at the raised drying beds

Founder · Q-grader · Cafexporto

"We don’t take a variety’s name on faith. We test it, then protect it from the seed."

Juan Peña

Varieties we preserve

02 / The collection

Bourbon × Ethiopian · 87–89+

Typica Mejorado

Despite the name, not a Typica. WCR DNA testing confirms a Bourbon and Ethiopian-landrace hybrid. Floral and fruit-forward with panela sweetness, it is our highest-volume premium, grown on all three farms.

Bourbon × Typica · 87–89+

Sidra

A prized Ecuadorian variety carrying Ethiopian-landrace influence. Jasmine and orange blossom, tropical fruit, and a fuller body than Geisha.

Ethiopian landrace · 90+

Geisha

The Gesha landrace behind our 90+ lots: jasmine, bergamot, black tea, and a silky, precise cup. Many producers grow Geisha; here it is engineered, lot by lot.

Pacas × Maragogipe · 89+

Pacamara

The largest beans in Arabica. Caramel, spice, and stone fruit over a syrupy body. Low-yielding and grown only on select plots.

Rare · 89–90+

Pink Bourbon

A pink-fruited rarity: crystalline florals, citrus, and stone fruit, in limited 15 kg lots.

Ethiopian landrace · 89+

Ethiope

Seed brought from Arabica’s homeland in Ethiopia. Jasmine, lemongrass, and peach over a tea-like body, in limited 15 kg lots.

On the Ethiope variety

A living archive of Arabica’s origin, preserved and expressed through our Genetic Bank.

CafExporto

The collection at a glance

03 / Reference

Variety	Genetic origin	Cup signature	Score	Box
Typica Mejorado	Bourbon × Ethiopian landrace	Jasmine, tropical fruit, panela sweetness	87–89+	25 kg
Sidra	Bourbon × Typica, Ethiopian influence	Orange blossom, tropical fruit, cocoa	87–89+	25 kg
Geisha	Ethiopian landrace (Gesha)	Jasmine, bergamot, black tea, silky	90+	15 kg
Pink Bourbon	Bourbon-type, lineage to confirm	Rose, citrus, stone fruit, crystalline	89–90+	15 kg
Ethiope	Wild Ethiopian landrace	Jasmine, lemongrass, peach, tea-like	89+	15 kg
Pacamara	Pacas × Maragogipe	Caramel, spice, stone fruit, syrupy	89+	25 kg
Community blends	Sachimor, Caturra, SL28, Catimor, Castillo	Balanced, chocolate, citrus	86+	25 kg

Scores shown are floor scores (e.g. "90+" = 90 points or higher). Full per-lot detail is in the 2026/2027 menu.

How it ties to the farms

04 / In practice

The bank feeds plantings across all three terroirs: Hacienda La Papaya in Loja, Yacuri in Espindola, Loja, and Yunguilla in Azuay. Each farm pulls verified seed for the varieties best suited to its altitude and climate, so a Geisha planted at La Papaya carries the same documented lineage as the mother plant it came from.

From there the same coffee moves through Integrated Coffee Pulse and into the Cuenca lab, where it is cupped before export. The genetic bank is the first link in that chain: integrity established at the seed, then verified at every step after.

The genetic-bank nursery: labelled seedbeds of each variety, raised for planting across the three farms

Integrity, held from the first seed.