Every Aurea coffee honors a Saint connected to the region where its beans were grown. Here are the six Saints we keep company with each morning, and the whole-bean specialty coffees that bear their names.
St. Moses the Black (c. 330–405)
Feast Day: August 28 · Coffee: Ethiopia Guji Single Origin (Light-Medium Roast)
Once the leader of a band of highwaymen along the Nile, Moses found conversion among the monks of the Egyptian desert of Scetis and became one of the great Desert Fathers. Remembered for his radical hospitality, refusal to judge a brother, and fearless forgiveness, he honors our berry-forward, natural-process Ethiopian Guji lot.
St. Rose of Lima (1586–1617)
Feast Day: August 23 · Coffee: St. Rose of Lima - Brazil Single Origin.
The first canonized saint of the Americas and patroness of South America, Rose lived in Lima, Peru. She cultivated flowers and stitched embroidery to support care for impoverished families. She honors our naturally processed Brazil Cerrado Mineiro single origin, with notes of rich cocoa powder, roasted peanuts, dark raisin, and warm cane sugar.
Blessed Stanley Rother (1935–1981)
Feast Day: July 28 · Coffee: Guatemala Huehuetenango Single Origin (Medium Roast)
An Oklahoma farmer turned missionary priest, Father Stanley served the Tz’utujil Maya people of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, for thirteen years—helping them farm the volcanic soil, translating the New Testament, and refusing to abandon his flock (“The shepherd cannot run”). He honors our balanced, chocolate-and-apple Guatemala Huehuetenango lot.
St. Juan Diego (1474–1548)
Feast Day: December 9 · Coffee: St. Juan Diego - Mexico Water Process Decaf Single Origin (Medium Roast — Cacao Nibs, Nougat, Citrus, Green Apple)
The humble Chichimeca convert to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on Tepeyac Hill in December 1531, filling his tilma with winter Castilian roses. Her words to him—“Am I not here, who am your Mother? Let nothing disturb your heart”—make him a fitting patron for our restful, chemical-free Sugar Cane Decaf.
St. John Maximovitch (1896–1966)
Feast Day: July 2 · Coffee: Signature Espresso & Morning Blend (Medium Roast)
Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco and one of the most beloved Orthodox wonderworkers of the twentieth century, St. John rescued orphans, kept night-long vigil on his feet, and walked barefoot to visit the sick at all hours. Venerated across the Americas, he honors our rich Central and South American signature blend.
St. Martin de Porres (1579–1639)
Feast Day: November 3 · Coffee: South America & Africa Signature Blend (Brazil & Ethiopia — Cocoa Powder, Roasted Peanuts, Blackberry, Honey).
A Dominican lay brother of Lima, Peru, born to a Spanish nobleman and a freedwoman of African descent from Panama. Barber-surgeon, almoner, and healer who fed hundreds daily and founded the Orphanage of Santa Cruz, he honors our smooth, nutty Peru and Honduras signature blend.