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Water Chemistry for Coffee Brewing: The Complete Guide
Coffee is 98 percent water. The other 2 percent — the dissolved coffee compounds — depends entir...
Coffee Grinders: Burr vs Blade — The Complete Buying Guide
The grinder is the single most important piece of equipment in any coffee setup. A great coffee ...
Caffeine: How It Works in the Human Body
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on Earth, and the active compound th...
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...
The Oficina de Cafés de Puerto Rico: How the Island Regulates, Protects, and Develops Its Coffee Industry
The Oficina de Cafés de Puerto Rico (OCPR) is the government office that regulates, protects, an...
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), ...
The Old Yauco Coffee Estates: Hacienda Caracolillo, the Mariani Mill, and the 19th-Century Origins of Alto Grande
Long before Alto Grande Super Premium became famous as the coffee of popes and kings, the founda...
Alto Grande Super Premium: The Coffee of Popes and Kings from Lares
In 1839, in the Buenos Aires and Santa Isabel sectors of Lares, deep in Puerto Rico's central mo...
Hacienda San Pedro: The Atienza Family Coffee Legacy in Jayuya
In the Coabey sector of Jayuya, deep in the heart of Puerto Rico's central mountain range, a Spa...
Casa Pueblo and Café Madre Isla: Adjuntas's Solar-Powered Coffee Movement
In the small mountain town of Adjuntas, deep in Puerto Rico's central cordillera, a community or...
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 th...
Puerto Rico Coffee vs Jamaica Blue Mountain: The Caribbean Premium Comparison
Two Caribbean islands, two legendary mountain coffees, one ongoing debate. Jamaica Blue Mountain...
Coffee and the Grito de Lares: Puerto Rico's 1868 Independence Revolt
The Grito de Lares — the "Cry of Lares" — was Puerto Rico's first armed uprising against Spanish...
Café Don Ruiz and Specialty Coffee in Old San Juan
Café Don Ruiz operates from the Cuartel de Ballajá — the historic building that once housed Span...
Hacienda Lealtad: The Revolution Coffee Hacienda of Lares
Hacienda Lealtad was founded in 1830 by French immigrant Juan Bautista Plumey in Lares — one of ...
Yauco Selecto: The Premium Puerto Rico Coffee Brand
Yauco Selecto is Puerto Rico's premium estate coffee brand — an internationally marketed special...
Café del Futuro: The USDA Puerto Rico Coffee Revitalization Project
Café del Futuro — "Coffee of the Future" — is the USDA-led research and revitalization project d...
Villalba: Lake Toa Vaca and the Southern Coffee Slopes
Villalba occupies Puerto Rico's southern mountain slopes, a coffee-growing municipality whose dr...
Orocovis: The Geographic Heart of Puerto Rico Coffee
Orocovis sits at the geographic center of Puerto Rico, a high-altitude mountain municipality who...
San Sebastián: The Pepinian Coffee Tradition and Festival de la Hamaca
San Sebastián del Pepino — known throughout Puerto Rico simply as "Pepino" — combines small-scal...