Expanding from tea into coffee felt like a natural evolution for us, allowing the same focus on quality, sourcing and craftsmanship to extend into a new category. We work directly with the coffee plantations we source from, without intermediaries, allowing for greater transparency, quality control and long-term relationships.
The Bouqs story starts long before the company appeared on . Co‑founders John Tabis and Juan Pablo "JP" Montúfar met at Notre Dame, connecting around a shared frustration with the traditional floral industry. The two founded The Bouqs in 2012 and designed the company to ship bouquets directly from farms to customers' doors. The choice cut out middlemen and pushed against legacy models, where orders bounce from website to wholesalers to local florists.
At TransUnion, Arana led national sales across the auto and mortgage sectors. Working with homebuilders and mortgage lenders, Arana gained insight into the full housing value chain and one of its most urgent challenges: affordability.