We are so very honored to be named Best Coffeehouse this year. There are so many great coffee establishments here in Cuenca who we know equally deserve the title, but to continue to be present in your minds and hearts after many years in business is truly humbling. You are the reason we continue to stay in business, we know this and I always remind our staff of this fact.
For those who do not know our background, I am Ecuadorean-American, born in Wisconsin and raised in California. I began working with coffee after graduating college. I started in sales for a coffee exporter based out of Costa Rica, I cupped, roasted and sold boutique coffees from Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and later coffees from Ecuador and Peru. After meeting my wife (she was finishing her teaching degree at the time and was also working as a barista in Chiclayo, Peru), we wanted to settle in this beautiful city and my dream was to wholesale roasted coffee. It was difficult to make ends meet selling only roasted coffee, but people loved the brewed coffee we prepared. Little by little we entered the world of food & drink. By giving us your feedback on what to offer we developed the menu we currently offer.
Now all of our cooks are trained in gastronomy to various degrees and all of our baristas are constantly trained to provide a better cup of Joe. We continue to be a family owned business and happy to be part of this community. On the little free time we have, our family loves to play volleyball on Sundays and I am always looking for a soccer pickup game during the week.
On behalf of Melissa, Tupac, Andrea, Marcela, Luis, Kevin, Karen, Kristy, Jose, Joelys, Erik and myself (Rumi) thank you once again and hope to see you soon!
Ruminahui Duchicela: rduchice@hotmail.com .
City: Cuenca
