Our Offerings - Arango Specialty Coffee

16 | El Plan

Producer Patricia Benitez	Description Sweet, caramel, cherry, chocolate
Process Washed, sun-dried	Varietals Colombia, castillo
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,750 meters
Position Afloat ETA September, 2022	Warehouse Continental Terminals, New Jersey

Coffee has always been a way of life for Patricia. She and her siblings grew up on her father’s farm, helping with the day to day activities. After he passed away, Patricia inherited a portion of his farm where she started El Plan twelve years ago.

Coming full circle, she now provides for her family with coffee production. However, current coffee prices make production at a profit difficult. Patricia sees an opportunity in our business model to make coffee production sustainable. With deep roots in the industry, she wants to see farmers succeed.

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135 | El Maco

Spot Continental NJ

Producer Zoila Rojas	Description Silky, stone fruit, Sugar cane, milk chocolate
Process White Honey	Varietals Colombia
Region Nariño	Elevation 2,000 meters
Position Spot	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Born and raised in the Santa Marta region of Nariño, Colombia, Zoila still lives in the same community at the age of 67. Alongside her husband, she began growing coffee at El Maco forty-two years ago and the two of them raised their two children there. After he passed away in 2019, Zoila moved to the city of Bogotá with her daughter. After a few months, she decided to go back to the farm and continue growing coffee. Today, El Maco is planted with approximately 7,000 trees of the Colombia Varietal.

We started to work with Zoila in 2022. After cupping her coffee we loved the profile and saw immediate potential to develop a long term relationship. Zoila is very excited about working with the same partners year over year and show the improvements that she can make.

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06 | El Placer

Afloat

Producer Ruberto Martinez	Description Caramel, milk chocolate, stone fruit
Process Washed, sun-dried	Varietals Colombia, castillo
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,800 meters
Position Afloat ETA September, 2022	Warehouse Continental Terminals, New Jersey

As one of ten children, Tino was raised growing coffee alongside his siblings. He considers coffee farming a way of life, not just a job. It comes as no surprise that he is now continuing the tradition with his wife and three kids.

He believes that relationships are the key to making the coffee industry sustainable and is committed to investing the time and effort needed so the generations to come will prosper while continuing the tradition.

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78 | El Naranjo White Honey

Afloat

Producer Evelio Bados	Description Dark chocolate, grape, molasses, juicy
Process White honey, sun-dried	Varietals Colombia, Castillo
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,900 meters
Position Afloat – ETA September, 2022	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

El Naranjo began over 35 years ago as just a vision. Evelio invested in an untouched lot and worked very hard to clear the land and eventually plant coffee. He was working double duty during this time as he was also employed at other farms in order to provide for his family.

After watching his dream come to fruition, Evelio hopes that his children will continue his legacy and produce coffee at El Naranjo in the future. For this reason, he continues to look for opportunities that will allow for sustainability and improved quality of life. It is important to him that his children and El Naranjo are successful for generations to come.

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13 | Las Gradas

Afloat

Producer William Martinez	Description Maple syrup, stone fruit, dark chocolate, lingering
Process Washed	Varietals Castillo, Colombia
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,750 meters
Position Afloat – ETA September, 2022	Warehouse Continental New jersey

Growing up in the countryside, William worked at several coffee plantations. With the support of his father, he started planting his own coffee 15 years ago. Now he calls Las Gradas home along with his wife and two daughters. William has plenty of ambition and there are many upgrades he would like to make to his farm, starting with the addition of a wet mill. He currently uses one at a neighboring farm. The ability to earn a better price for his coffee has him hopeful that he can not only provide for his family but improve his farm as well.

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01 | La Capilla

Afloat

Producer Alipio Muñoz	Description Apple, maple syrup, butter, lingering
Process Washed	Varietals Caturra
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,750 meters
Position Afloat – ETA September, 2022	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Alipio has deep roots in coffee. His parents were coffee farmers and he grew up learning the lifestyle from them. He still believes there is tremendous opportunity in the industry for farmers who are willing to learn and adapt to what the market is demanding. Alipio embraces traditional techniques, but welcomes any input and guidance that will help produce coffee of an even higher quality. He’s looking for the right connections to develop strong relationships with customers.

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02 | El Porvenir

Afloat

Producer Lucido Diaz	Description Sweet, butter, nougat, floral
Process Washed	Varietals Pink bourbon
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,750 meters
Position Under contract – ETA August, 2022	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Lucido grew up in Putumayo and has always worked as a farmer. Once he settled in La Union, Nariño, he started growing coffee. He considers this a lifetime commitment and prides himself in his work. He is a believer in transparency, and hopes that establishing a direct relationship with customers will simplify the supply chain and result in better prices for the farmers.

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121 | Santa Marta Community Lot

Afloat, Under Contract

Producer Various	Description Caramel, chocolate, honey, stone fruit, cherry
Process Washed	Varietals Castillo, F4
Region Antioquia	Elevation 1,800 to 2,000 meters
Position Under contract Afloat ETA September, 2022	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. After cupping these coffees for the first time this year, we saw the opportunity to work with the community. The coffees showed great complexity and sweetness as well as consistency from farm to farm. We believe that having these small farms so close together in the same region plays a big role in the consistency and uniformity of the coffees.

Santa Marta Community lot is comprised by 25 small farms located between 1,800 and 2,000 meters above sea level

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105 | El Chocho

Harvest in progress

Producer Andres Gomez	Description TBA
Process Washed	Varietals Castillo, Colombia
Region Nariño	Elevation 1,950 meters
Position At origin – ETA October, 2022	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

Andres inherited El Chocho from his father when he was 26 years old and has plans for expansion. With 4,000 trees of the Castillo and Colombia varietals already, Andres is planning on planting 4,000 more trees of Colombia varietal.

As he continues to develop the farm, Andres would like improve his drying facilities and we hope to help him accomplish this goal (and many more) through the relationship we are building.

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104 | Los Meneses

Harvest in progress

Producer Ramon Castillo	Description TBA
Process Washed	Varietals Caturra, F4
Region Nariño	Elevation 2,200 meters
Position At origin – ETA October, 2022	Warehouse Continental, New Jersey

At 2,200 meters above sea level, Los Meneses is in the clouds. This elevation has allowed Ramon to produce healthy Caturra trees as the cooler climate helps protect the plants from common diseases. However, in his 40 years at the farm, he remembers a time when it was too cold to grow coffee. The family focused on producing potatoes, cilantro, celery, and yuca. As time progressed, and temperatures started to warm up, they were able to start cultivating coffee as well. In addition to the Caturra trees, Ramon also produces the F4 varietal.
For Ramon, the biggest step towards further improving the quality of his coffee is upgrading his drying facility.

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