In each of the 21 countries the Debí Tirar Más Fotos (DtMF) tour by Bad Bunny passed through, Abner Roldán and Karla Ly Quiñones served coffee. They are the couple behind Café Comunión, the coffee shop based in Santurce and Río Piedras that traveled the world alongside Bad Bunny.
The couple was hired to serve a piece of Puerto Rico from noon until showtime each concert night, and beyond keeping a crew of around 200 people energized, they managed to give them the feeling of home and Puerto Rican family.
We created something like the Comunión experience backstage. A kind of hangout formed organically, a way to disconnect from what was happening.
Abner Roldán and Karla Quiñones on the Debí Tirar Más Fotos world tour. (Provided)
"It was a surreal experience, I still can't believe it. We were at it for almost two years, the whole run, but it was an incredible experience", the entrepreneur said in an interview with Platea.
They repeated the ritual 31 times during the Residencia en Puerto Rico and then took it to the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and the rest of Latin America.
Then they crossed to Europe, to countries like Belgium and Switzerland, sharing their love of coffee with the rest of the team: "The whole crew was really into coffee, they'd have two or three cups a day. We kept the whole crew caffeinated", he said.
Comunión's logo, distinctive for showing five people riding a single bicycle, sums up what the team lived through during the entire tour: "Comunión, beyond being something communal, means sharing ideas, sharing with people, sharing moments."
From Santurce to the world. Bad Bunny visited Café Comunión in Santurce after voting in the 2024 general elections and used to frequent the place, where he would chat casually with the staff. "As soon as DtMF launched we did several projects for them and from there we were, as they say, moving up," Abner said.
The little blue cup Bad Bunny held at one of his concerts was born in 2017 with a clear goal: "We also wanted to prove that quality coffee could be made in Puerto Rico", said Abner Roldán, who learned the trade 15 years ago at Hacienda San Pedro.
In late May 2024, the couple opened a second location at Paseo de Diego, in Río Piedras, and in April 2026 the business appeared on the top 50 of the North, Central America & Caribbean 100 Best Coffee Shops list, at No. 44, among more than 5,000 spaces evaluated in the region.
This content was translated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
