K & R SPECIALTY COFFEE

 

K & R Specialty Coffee was born with the purpose of boosting the “Specialty Coffee” of Boquete and the high areas of cultivation in Panama, being offered to small and large roasters around the world throughout the year and not only in times of harvest, Since roasters love to try new formulas and new varieties, but they want to receive, quickly and expeditiously, the small lots for which they develop a great hobby and with which they can offer their customers an exclusive product and service.

Complying with the highest quality standards from a careful selection of the grains, the profile of the cup, a packaging that must at all times preserve the quality and characteristics of the same in its primary and secondary packaging and taking care at all times Logistics for the timely delivery to its destination as a fundamental factor, for which we have suppliers or world-class companies committed to customer service that are contributing to our commitment of quality from its origin.

Today we are the fourth and fifth generation of the Ruiz family, Boqueteños, dedicated to the development of the coffee industry in Panama; During the last 5 years, we have been exploring developing this niche, strengthening our brands and varieties of which is distinguished as the best “specialty coffee” in the world. For the connoisseurs, we offer the window of opportunity that they acquire the best lots of specialty coffee in the area of ​​origin with due rest that for the industry and the producer, making of the specialty coffee industry a sustainable operation, that generates wealth in the community.

To obtain the best final product, we work with the producer from the grain harvest and throughout his process to obtain a product of the best quality by executing quality controls to ensure the quality of our products.


In order to preserve the product with all its intrinsic, physical, and chemical characteristics such as aroma, moisture, shock, color; Vacuum packed with a controlled atmosphere is required, using environmentally friendly packaging.

 

La Vanguardia

La familia Ruíz- Araúz llegó a trabajar con las fincas de café en el Corregimiento de Palmira, Distrito de Boquete, en el año de 1,979. Sin embargo, Don Plinio Ruíz González había trabajado desde la década de 1930, en una pequeña finca de café en la región de Jaramillo Arriba en Boquete.

Cuando Don Plinio y Doña Elisa decidieron por la zona de Palmira para desarrollar mucho más el negocio de café el cual desarrollaba Don Plinio desde 1,964, buscaban además de un área productora, una que pudiese servir para el procesamiento y secado del café, pues en su pequeña finca en Jaramillo siempre había fuertes lloviznas de “bajareques” y necesitaban un mejor lugarcito para secar los buenos lotes de café que procesaban pues la alta calidad fue siempre una preocupación de la familia.

Fue así que compraron variadas fincas y una de las más pequeñas es la Finca La Vanguardia, nombrada así porque la madre de Plinio Sr. QEPD quien nombró así su finca más grande en Palo Alto cerca a lo que ahora es Kotowa farm.

Desde el año 2021 don Plinio Ruiz Jr y su familia cultivan en La Vanguardia las variedades de Pacamara y Catuai rojo, su taza es muy agradable. Su altura es de 1,100 masl average, pero con buenas prácticas y secado al sol, se han logrado sorprendentes resultados en varios de sus lotes.

 

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