{"id":16502,"date":"2015-09-22T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zilliondesigns.com\/blog\/?p=16502"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:43:20","slug":"entrepreneur-spotlight-pablo-gonzalez-cid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zilliondesigns.com\/blog\/entrepreneur-spotlight-pablo-gonzalez-cid\/","title":{"rendered":"#Entrepreneur Spotlight: Pablo Gonzalez Cid of Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month our social entrepreneur spotlight is on Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez Cid, founder of Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo, the first gourmet coffee brand from Mexico committed to the communities in its native country. Over fifteen years ago, Pablo started with the goal of building a company that would become Mexico\u2019s authority on coffee while also giving back to the community.
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Who is Pablo Gonzalez Cid?<\/h2>\n

Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez  Cid  was born in Mexico City in 1973 and studied Business Administration in anticipation of running  a franchise business his family owned, a Gloria Jeans coffee shop which eventually grew to seven branches. This franchised business sparked Pablo\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit to take the first steps to gain experience in the world of coffee cafes.<\/p>\n

Realizing that the coffee industry in Mexico had potential for development, Pablo visited coffee plantations around the country, traveled to Brazil and Costa Rica, and took courses in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n

After his return to Mexico, Pablo developed and patented his own ‘espresso pods’, and created canned coffee with an air valve to preserve the aroma of freshly roasted coffee.  Then he had the idea it was time to open his own business.<\/p>\n

His challenge when starting Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo was to motivate the local producers in Mexico to plant and harvest coffee of high quality, and increase sales by convincing the public to drink gourmet coffee by demonstrating that good Mexican coffee was possible.<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo Overview<\/h2>\n

Mexico is the sixth largest producer of coffee worldwide and the leading coffee supplier to the United States. While Mexico is a large producer of coffee worldwide, few Mexicans drink coffee. Pablo sought to change that.<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo began in 2004 with its first store in Mexico City. Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo combined the Starbucks \u201ccoffee bar\u201d model with  Mexico\u2019s traditional old-world coffee stores in an effort to become Mexico\u2019s first gourmet coffee brand. Now this gourmet coffee has more than 100 stores worldwide. Caf\u00e9 Punta del Cielo has become an accomplished producer, exporting its coffee to Hong Kong for Mexico\u2019s Independence Bicentennial as well as expanding into Spain.<\/p>\n

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