Jaguar Instant Espresso

Jaguar Espresso is built on a foundation of fully washed Latin American coffees. Like most agricultural products, coffee is seasonal. To ensure freshness year-round, we rotate origin countries throughout the crop cycle—always including a component that delivers clarity and sweetness. In this season’s blend, that role is filled by a coffee produced by members of Asociación Coordinadora de Mujeres Campesinas de La Paz (COMUCAP), a women-led cooperative in the Marcala region of western Honduras.

To add complexity, we blend in a natural-processed coffee from members of La Federación Comercializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala (FECCEG), a second-level cooperative representing 12 small producer groups in Guatemala’s Western Highlands. The natural, or dry, processing method doesn’t require access to fresh water. After harvesting, whole coffee cherries are left to dry intact on the beans, imparting distinct fruity notes and contributing to the espresso’s creamy texture.

We complete the blend with a wet-hulled coffee from the Ketiara Cooperative, located in Sumatra’s Gayo Mountain region. Like COMUCAP, Ketiara is a women-led organization committed to quality and empowerment. This coffee adds classic Sumatran depth, with a rich body and spicy undertones—rounding out the blend into a bold, full-flavored espresso.

COMUCAP started as a support group for the women of the La Paz community, and as the group grew, they received interest from NGOs who trained the members to cultivate coffee and other agricultural products.

We were initially drawn to Ketiara not only for the exceptional quality of its coffee but also because of its inspiring leadership. The co-op was co-founded in 2009 by Rahmah, a charismatic and experienced coffee professional who now serves as its chairperson. What began with 38 members has grown into a thriving network of nearly 2,000 smallholder farmers—over half of them women. The coffee we source from Ketiara comes exclusively from these women producers and is known as Queen Ketiara. We pay an additional premium for this special designation, with proceeds supporting programs that directly benefit women in the co-op.

Like COMUCAP and Ketiara, Equator is women-founded and women-owned—another reason these coffees resonate deeply with our team.

All of Jaguar Espresso’s components are both Fair Trade and Organic certified.