200 | Cedral

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Various		Description
Chocolate, caramel, sugar cane
Process
Washed		Varietals
Castillo, Colombia
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
1,800 to 1,900 meters
Position
Spot		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
We selected a group of coffees that are balanced, sweet, and smooth for this lot. Located in the Antioquia region of Colombia, these farms have a similar altitude and microclimate. This allows for a consistent profile. Our goal with the Cedral blend is to appeal to customers that are looking for a sweet and balanced coffee with mild acidity. This coffee check all the boxes.
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202 | ARANGO DECAF E.A.

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
La Miranda Community		Description
Chocolate, caramel, brown sugar
Process
Washed		Varietals
Castillo, Colombia
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
1,800 to 1,900 meters
Position
Spot		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
La Miranda is a small community located in Ituango, Antioquia, Colombia. The region is rich in fertile soils and beautiful landscapes that produce excellent coffee. However, the beauty and the remoteness of the region comes with its own challenges. For the last 40 years, this region has struggled with violence. Massacres, displacements, and extortions have made coffee farming very difficult. We have a lot of respect for people that persist and still grow coffee in these conditions. It’s also amazing to us that farmers can produce the quality of coffees that we are getting under these difficult conditions.
The lots that we selected for the decaffeination process are solid 86+ coffees. We cupped the coffees again after the E.A. decaffeination process and we were very please with the results.
We understand that when people ask for decaf coffee they do it because the flavor not the caffeine. We shouldn’t neglect decaf coffee anymore and we should treat it with respect for people that produce it as well as people that drink it. That is our goal with our decaf program.

 
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243 | Retoños

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Alba Zuleta		Description
Chocolate, brown sugar, dry fruit
Process
Washed		Varietals
Castillo, Colombia
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
1,800 meters
Position
Spot
Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey

Alba has dedicated her entire life to coffee. She began working at a young age on her parents’ farm, learning the craft from the ground up. After marrying, she and her husband established their own farm, building it through perseverance and hard work. Through coffee, Alba was able to support her four children and provide them with educational opportunities—an accomplishment she holds close to her heart.

Today, Alba cultivates approximately 5,000 coffee trees at her farm, Retoños, planted with Castillo and Colombia varietals.
Farming in Alba’s region is far from easy. Its remote location presents significant logistical challenges, making production costs considerably higher. The area has also endured years of armed conflict, adding further hardship. Alba has been displaced from her farm multiple times. Yet despite these challenges, her commitment to coffee remains unwavering—a testament to her resilience, strength, and deep connection to the land.
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163 | Las Palomas – Chiroso

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Wilfran Trujillo		Description
Plum, floral, lavanda, honey
Process
Washed		Varietals
Chiroso
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
2,000 meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
Wilfran grew up around coffee, learning alongside his father and grandfather. In 2013, he moved to Las Palomas and began planting coffee trees in partnership with his father. They are very proud of what they have built together. The farm currently has around 1,500 Chiroso trees producing cherries and another 1,500 that are a year old. Wilfran intends to expand the farm with the addition of 5,000 trees this year.
As the farm grew, so did Wilfran’s family. With his wife and daughter at the farm, life at Las Palomas has come full circle with Wilfran’s daughter learning about coffee alongside her father and grandfather.
Outside of life at Las Palomas, Wilfran enjoys playing music. He is a member of a local band and they love performing.
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28 | La Paloma

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Alfredo Piedrahita		Description
Maple syrup, stone fruit, milk chocolate
Process
Washed		Varietals
Caturra, Colombia
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
2,000 meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
Growing up at his parents farm, Alfredo inherited his father’s passion for coffee. When the time came to purchase his own land, he chose to stay in the area known for it’s unique fertile soil. However, his 30 years at La Paloma are not something to be taken for granted. In early 2000, violence between illegal groups erupted as they vied for control of the region. Several people were killed including one of Alfredo’s brothers and one of his cousins. After enduring these hardships, there was hope for of stability in the Colombian government’s peace treaty with the FARC in 2016. Unfortunately , different illegal groups are still interested in the illicit enterprises left behind in the wake of the treaty. Alfredo’s resilience and commitment to keep working at his farm are remarkable. We are humbled to work with people like him.

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33 | El Mango

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Gilberto Giraldo		Description
Molasses, brown sugar, chocolate
Process
Washed		Varietals
Colombia, Castillo
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
1,800 meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
Like other farms in the area, Gilberto and El Mango have experienced a couple of challenging years. Dramatic climate changes in the last few years have diminished the production yield considerably. On top of that, the resurgence of activity among armed illegal groups in the region led to multiple displacements from the farm, including once during the harvest last year.

While these obstacles proved difficult to overcome, Gilberto took them in stride and is still planning for the upcoming years. He has new varietals like Chirosos and Pink Bourbon, that are mature now and is excited to experiment with different processing methods. His unwavering commitment to El Mango is evident and we are equally committed to riding out the ups and downs with him.
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179 | La Fortuna – Chiroso

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Maximiliano Vargas		Description
Floral, maple syrup, green tea
Process
Washed		Varietals
Chiroso
Region
Antioquia		Elevation
2,100meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey

Maximiliano has been working with coffee since 2,000. He is grateful coffee gave him the opportunity to provide for his four now grown children and for his wife when she was alive. Maximiliano’s wife Maria Estela died in 2020. Maximiliano has 3,500 chriroso trees at La Fortuna. In 2021 Maximiliano participated in a coffee competitions with his coffee and placed in the top 10.
Maximiliano explains that he is very meticulous with his coffee processing, he picked one day, depulped 24 hours later, let the coffee sit in the fermentation tank for 72 hours, before washing it.
Maximiliano is planning on making some improvements at his farm starting with his drying facilities and also his wet beneficio. He believes these improvements will allow him to improve even more the quality of his coffee.


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121 | Santa Marta Community Lot

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Producer
Various 		Description
Chocolate, maple syrup, honey
Process
Washed		Varietals
Castillo, F4
Region
Nariño		Elevation
1,900 to 2,100 meters
Position
ETA July, 2026		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey

Santa Marta is a small coffee farming community located in the Nariño department in the south of Colombia. The average output of every farm per year is about 10 bags of green coffee. Our Community lot is comprised of lots from around 25 small farms located between 1,900 and 2,100 meters above sea level.

After cupping these coffees, we saw an opportunity to work with the community. The coffees showed great complexity and sweetness as well as consistency from farm to farm. We believe that the proximity of these small farms plays a big role in their consistency and uniformity.

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83 | El Mirador

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Edy Martinez		Description
Sweet and floral, with notes of cocoa and maple syrup
Process
Washed		Varietals
Pink bourbon
Region
Nariño		Elevation
1,850 meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
Edy and her husband, Erney, have worked together with coffee for over 20 years. Despite growing up on a coffee farm, Edy points out that she learned to grow and produce coffee with her husband. She explains that, as a female, the focus was on learning household chores rather than about coffee and farming.

As they raised their three children at El Mirador, Edy and Erney were sure to teach them about all aspects of the farm. They considered it equally important to the education the children received in school. Edy is proud that El Mirador provided the income need to raise a family and hopes that her children want to continue growing and producing coffee in the future.

 
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06 | El Placer

Spot Continental NJ

Producer
Ruberto Martinez		Description
Honey, pastry, bakers chocolate, cherry
Process
Washed, sun-dried		Varietals
Castillo F4 and F11
Region
Nariño		Elevation
1,800 meters
Position
Spot CTI New Jersey		Warehouse
Continental Terminals, New Jersey
As one of ten children, Ruberto was raised growing coffee alongside his siblings. He considers coffee farming a way of life, not just a job, so it comes as no surprise that he is now continuing the tradition.

El Placer is planted with 8,000 trees of the Castillo F4 and Castillo F11 varietals. Above average rainfall in both the 2021 and 2022 growing seasons has led to a considerable decrease in yields per tree. Ruberto laments that while the coffee trees flower, the excessive rain causes the flowers to fall off the tree before the nodes can develop into fruit. This leaves him, and other local farmers, with less coffee to sell.

He believes that relationships are the key to making the coffee industry sustainable. Through his commitment to investing the time and effort needed to produce consistent coffee, he aims to overcome the production variables. Ruberto hopes his quality focus will help El Placer prosper and encourage generations to come to continue the family farming tradition.

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