Puerto Rico Coffee Culture
Puerto Rican coffee culture — sobremesa, family rituals, Taíno heritage, and the social fabric of café life on the island.
La Cosecha: Puerto Rico's Coffee Harvest Season
La Cosecha — the harvest season — is the most intense period in the Puerto Rican coffee calendar....
Taíno Influence on Puerto Rican Coffee Culture and Mountain Agriculture
Coffee did not arrive in Puerto Rico until 1736, but the mountains where coffee is grown had been...
Puerto Rican Coffee Culture: Sobremesa, Daily Rituals, and Family Life
Coffee in Puerto Rico is not a beverage you consume — it is a practice you participate in. From t...
Women in Puerto Rican Coffee: Farmers, Leaders, and Visionaries
In 2022 Puerto Rico had 7,602 principal farm operators. Of those, 944 were women — about one in e...
Café Criollo: The Traditional Puerto Rican Brewing Tradition
Before the stovetop cafetera became ubiquitous in Puerto Rican kitchens, coffee was traditionally...
San Sebastián: The Pepinian Coffee Tradition and Festival de la Hamaca
San Sebastián del Pepino — known throughout Puerto Rico simply as "Pepino" — combines small-scale...
Puerto Rican Coffee Recipes: Café con Leche, Coquito, and Flan
Puerto Rican coffee culture expresses itself through a family of traditional recipes and prepara...
Café Don Ruiz and Specialty Coffee in Old San Juan
A line engraving printed with the caption "COFFEE PLANTATION IN LARES.", from The Argus of 8 June...
The Coffee Sock (Colador de Café): Puerto Rico's Original Pour-Over
Decades before the Chemex, the V60, or the Kalita Wave, Puerto Rican grandmothers were making the...
The Puerto Rican Coffee Diaspora: How Café con Leche Crossed to New York, Orlando, and Chicago
The Puerto Rican coffee diaspora is the story of how café con leche, the colador (coffee sock), ...