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UPR Mayagüez: Puerto Rico's Coffee Research Program
Behind every successful Puerto Rican coffee farm stands the research and extension work of the U...
Drip Coffee Makers: Technivorm, OXO, Bonavita and the Science of Automatic Brewing
A great drip coffee maker is the most underappreciated machine in specialty coffee. While the es...
Café Finca Cialitos: Q-Grader Joaquín Pastor and the Single-Estate Coffee of Ciales
Café Finca Cialitos is a single-estate Puerto Rican coffee from the mountain town of Ciales. Fou...
Hurricane María and the Puerto Rico Coffee Recovery (2017-2022)
Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, causing the most catastrophi...
Coffee Cupping: The SCA Protocol and How Professionals Taste Coffee
Cupping is the standardized procedure professional coffee buyers, roasters, and Q-graders use to...
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 bee...
Puerto Rico Coffee Agritourism: Farm Tours, Tastings, and Visits
Puerto Rico has become one of the most accessible coffee origin destinations in the world. A gro...
Hacienda Caracolillo: The Jewel of Maricao Coffee
Hacienda Caracolillo is one of the most important specialty coffee farms in the Caribbean. Nestl...
Shade-Grown Coffee in Puerto Rico: Birds, Biodiversity, and Tradition
Shade-grown coffee is both the future and the deep past of Puerto Rican coffee farming. For most...
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...
Las Marías: Puerto Rico's Smallest Coffee Municipality
Las Marías is Puerto Rico's smallest coffee municipality by population — a quiet western mountai...
Corsican Immigration and the Founding of Yauco Coffee
Corsican immigrants arriving in Puerto Rico beginning in 1815 under the Spanish Cédula de Gracia...
Utuado and Ciales: Central Mountain Coffee Regions
Utuado and Ciales — two adjacent municipalities in Puerto Rico's central mountain range — repres...
Cafés of San Juan: A Coffee Shop Tour of Puerto Rico's Capital
San Juan has become Puerto Rico's specialty coffee capital. The city's coffee scene ranges from ...
Coffee Revitalization: Hispanic Federation, Nespresso, and Puerto Rico's Recovery
The rebuilding of Puerto Rico's coffee industry after Hurricane Maria is one of the most success...
Coffee Leaf Rust (Roya) in Puerto Rico: The Silent Threat
This article reports published research and official guidance. It is not agricultural advice. De...
What is Coffea Canephora? Understanding Robusta Coffee
Summary Coffea canephora, commonly called robusta, is the second most commercially important cof...
Pour Over Coffee: The Complete Guide to Manual Filter Brewing
Summary Pour over coffee is a manual brewing method where hot water is poured slowly over ground...
Espresso: The Complete Guide to Italy's Greatest Coffee Invention
Summary Espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage produced by forcing hot water through finely-...
Puerto Rico Coffee Renaissance (1950-Present)
Summary From its diminished mid-20th-century state, Puerto Rican coffee has undergone a remarkab...