Our family coffee industry, Gripiñas, began more than 100 years ago at Hacienda Gripiñas in Jayuya, Puerto Rico. There are very few coffee companies in the world that the coffee has been grown and processed by the same family for five generations. Torrefacción Mayor is the result of more than a hundred years of family dedication to the coffee industry. Today, we operate as a small family owned business. And, we produce our coffee to the same high standards, effort and dedication.

The premium quality of our coffee brands, Mayor and Gripiñas, derives from carefully  picked and selected coffee beans. Our beans grow in the highest region of Puerto Rico. The higher the coffee plant grows, the tastier the coffee bean. Our 100% Arabica beans thus have better acidic balance, richer cream, deeper density and smoother aroma than most coffees in the world; it very well may be the strongest and tastiest coffee in the world.

Gripiñas was quickly recognized internationally as one of the best coffees in the world when it was awarded the Gold Medal of all coffees at The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Recently, Torrefacción Mayor has put Gripiñas  back on the international map, along with its sister brand Mayor. Our coffees have been sold in various locations in Germany and is now currently being sold at Harrods in London.