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
Photo: Saddymonster / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. La Cosecha — the harvest season — is the m...
Taíno Influence on Puerto Rican Coffee Culture and Mountain Agriculture
Photo: laura0509 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Coffee did not arrive in Puerto Rico until 17...
Puerto Rican Coffee Culture: Sobremesa, Daily Rituals, and Family Life
Summary In Puerto Rico, coffee is part of the rhythm of the day and of family life. This article ...
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
Summary For generations, much of the coffee made in Puerto Rican homes was café colao: coffee str...
San Sebastián: Coffee, Hammocks and the Festival de la Hamaca
San Sebastián is a municipality in the hills of north-western Puerto Rico. It is one of the islan...
Puerto Rican Coffee Recipes: Café con Leche, Coquito, and Flan
Summary Puerto Rico has its own vocabulary for coffee, from puya (black, without sugar) to bibí (...
Café Don Ruiz and Specialty Coffee in Old San Juan
Café Don Ruiz is a coffee shop with its own small roastery and a coffee museum in the Cuartel de ...
The Coffee Sock (Colador de Café): Puerto Rico's Original Pour-Over
Summary The colador de café is a cloth coffee filter: a bag of flannel or cotton, shaped like a s...
The Puerto Rican Coffee Diaspora: From the Island to the Mainland
Puerto Ricans who had just arrived by plane from Puerto Rico, at Newark Airport, New Jersey, on 2...