About San Cristobal
We been involved in coffee production since 1993 and was incorporated in 1996 to provide international market access for small holder coffee farmers in Nayarit, Mexico. The mission at San Cristobal Coffee Importers is to work from the bottom up promoting equity in the supply chain; helping producers earn enough so they are able to address the tough issues of environmental stewardship, gender equity, and ultimately sustainability.
We and the roasters we work with
are near the pinnacle of the supply chain and are in a good position to drastically improve the lives of farmers. We serve as a transparent conduit between roasters and growers so they may both develop and flourish.
Our strong relationships
with other origin brokers and exporters allow us to supply our customers with any coffee they need, when they need it; from one bag to multiple containers.
Our Team
US Team
Jim Kosalos
President
President of San Cristobal Coffee Importers and majority partner in Cafés Sustentables de México, is a geophysicist from Wisconsin who has been using his scientific background to help Mexican coffee producers. He was a long time member of the SCAA’s Technical Standards Committee where he was involved in the initial evaluation of Q® grading standards; he became a Q® Instructor and used this to bring international coffee grading standards to Nayarit’s coffee producers.
Devorah Zeitlin
Vice President
Vice President of San Cristobal Coffee Importers, is a native of Brooklyn who received a degree in public health from Tulane University in Louisiana. Her Peace Corps assignment took her to Nepal where she worked with farmers under the auspices of the Nepali Department of Agriculture. She worked in Washington, DC, to help develop Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hazardous waste regulations before moving to Seattle in the early 1990s.
Kenny Davis
General Manager
General Manager of San Cristobal Coffee Importers, is a native to the Pacific Northwest. His role at San Cristobal encompasses quality control, sales, logistics, and millenial translator. He worked for SC immediately after graduating from Oregon State University in 2012, but took leave from 2014 to 2017 to explore a career in Environmental Consulting. The coffee industry left it's mark and he rejoined the team at the start of 2018.
Jacob Frankel
Junior Trader
Junior Trader at San Cristobal Coffee Importers, is a native of California. He studied International Relations and Political Science at Carleton College and has spent considerable time in Latin America. He researched quinoa production in the Andes Mountains in Peru. And before joining us in Seattle, he spent a year at the origin in Nayarit, Mexico, working with our coffee quality management partner Cafés Sustentables de México.
Get in Touch
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Mexico Team
Carlos Bustamante
Head of Operations
Carlos Bustamante is Head of Harvest Operations and Quality Control at Cafés Sustentables de México in Tepic. Originally from Veracruz, he grew up working in coffee and brings deep, practical experience to the organization. He oversees harvest and post-harvest operations and personally cups every microlot exported by Grupo Terruño Nayarita.
Santos
GM of Something
A really great guy
Lic. Santos Villa Diaz
QC Systems Manager
Lic. Santos Villa Díaz is an attorney by training with over 20 years of experience at Cafés Sustentables de México in Tepic. He manages FincaLab cherry intake during the harvest and oversees the QC cupping database.