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Finca de Las Marías wins contract to serve Puerto Rican coffee in Congress

  • Writer: The San Juan Daily Star
    The San Juan Daily Star
  • 20 hours ago
  • 2 min read

By The Star Staff


The U.S. House of Representatives will have 100% Puerto Rican coffee in its offices.


The Congressional Reserve Blend is grown in Las Marías by Panorama Farm, owned by businesswoman Angelique Sina.


“As a 36-year-old female farmer, after living 12 years in Washington, D.C. and being part of the diaspora, I returned to Puerto Rico committed to investing, generating impact, and demonstrating that from our island we can export excellence and our roots to the world,” Sina said in a written statement.


The Congressional Reserve Blend is a special formula of Limani Arabica coffee developed exclusively for the U.S. House.


Panorama Farm was acquired in 2021 with the goal of rescuing the coffee-growing tradition of western Puerto Rico.


“This project was born to return to the basics: working the land, creating purpose-driven businesses, and sowing the future,” Sina added. “Inspired by models like Patagonia, we believe that business can be a force for good. In our case, 100 percent of the net profit from coffee is reinvested in educational programs through Friends of Puerto Rico.”


The official coffee presentation was part of The Coffee Showcase event organized by Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera. It was held at the Rayburn House Office Building and included a Mini Farmers’ Market and Tasting Station featuring local products and the new exclusive coffee.


During the event, the coffee was available for tasting by members of Congress, farmers, coffee shop owners, local brand reps and the general public.


“This is a key moment for Puerto Rico’s coffee industry,” Hernández Rivera said. “To capitalize on it, I am promoting three concrete actions: expanding USDA support for our coffee growers as a specialty crop; allocating federal funds to cooperatives that can process and export with added value; and adapting disaster assistance to the island’s geographic reality.”

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