Our History
Café Don Ruiz began with Eugenio Ruiz - “Don Ruiz,” who believed in Puerto Rico as one of the world’s best coffee destinations and started cultivating coffee following his grandfather's coffee passion by the end of 1800s in Yauco, which is the most famous coffee region. It's a four generation coffee heritage offering the best coffee to your table. The coffee harvested at over 3000ft is 100% Arabica coffee beans.
Today, his specialty coffee is processed by his sons in both green and roasted beans. The wet and dry beneficiado use the latest efficient and ecofriendly equipment, recycling water and reducing the CO2 emissions during the drying process. The “guardiolas” are custom made with variable frecuency drives and temperature controls to keep a homogeneous drying process, resulting in high quality and flavorful beans. The beans are stored under temperature and humidity controls rooms also inside ProGrain bags.
Today, his specialty coffee is processed by his sons in both green and roasted beans. The wet and dry beneficiado use the latest efficient and ecofriendly equipment, recycling water and reducing the CO2 emissions during the drying process. The “guardiolas” are custom made with variable frecuency drives and temperature controls to keep a homogeneous drying process, resulting in high quality and flavorful beans. The beans are stored under temperature and humidity controls rooms also inside ProGrain bags.
our shop
Don Ruiz is located in Norzagaray St. inside Ballaja, which is a building that was built from 1854 to 1864 for the Spanish troops established on the island. Today, the building is used for educational and cultural activities, as music school, museums as Museo de las Americas, which is the most important museum in the caribbean with the history of the humanity from North to South America, also restaurants and Don Ruiz-Roastery, Museum and Cafe.
The shop is specialized in coffee preparation from traditional espresso to different kinds of brewing or pour over methods, always using our single origin specialty coffee from Yauco, Puerto Rico. The shop is complemented with our roastery and coffee museum facilities.
In Don Ruiz you can enjoy from a delicious espresso to a magnificent iced coffee, also pared it with fine pastries, sandwiches, or just simple visit it for a great souvenirs as coffee bags, fine rums and cigars from Puerto Rico.
SOON: Fine Rum Museum with the only rum with 5 Stars Diamond Award!!!
The shop is specialized in coffee preparation from traditional espresso to different kinds of brewing or pour over methods, always using our single origin specialty coffee from Yauco, Puerto Rico. The shop is complemented with our roastery and coffee museum facilities.
In Don Ruiz you can enjoy from a delicious espresso to a magnificent iced coffee, also pared it with fine pastries, sandwiches, or just simple visit it for a great souvenirs as coffee bags, fine rums and cigars from Puerto Rico.
SOON: Fine Rum Museum with the only rum with 5 Stars Diamond Award!!!
