Santa Cecilia is a washed coffee from Palta, Ecuador, grown on a 3-hectare farm managed by brothers Juan Carlos and Wilson Gallego. Produced at 1,850 meters altitude using Bourbon, Caturra, Catucai, and Typica varieties. The coffee delivers tropical flavors with notes of papaya, blueberry, and elderflower, alongside guava and ripe berries with sweet floral characteristics.
Bow Smith, Holden Curran, and Jessi Lee Cord launched Rowan Coffee in October 2020 as a mobile espresso operation in Asheville, North Carolina, growing quickly into a permanent home. Bow brings nearly a decade of barista, roasting, and management experience, and began roasting in house in January 2023 on a 15 kilo Mill City Roasters machine. Rowan centers mainly on washed process coffees, prizing clarity and complexity, with green beans sourced from specialty importers including Semilla, Osito, Red Fox Coffee Merchants, and The Coffee Quest. Everything is roasted to order on Tuesdays and shipped the following day. The approach is deliberate and seasonal, letting each coffee speak to where and how it was grown.
