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THE COFFEE ENCYCLOPEDIA A Free Coffee Library for the Whole World 57 Books • 133 Articles • Image...
Caffeine: How It Works in the Human Body
Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world, and most of what is written...
Puerto Rico Coffee vs Jamaica Blue Mountain: The Caribbean Premium Comparison
Cordillera Central foliage in Gato, Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Photo: Ligocsicnarf89 / Wikimedia Comm...
Villalba: Lake Toa Vaca and the Southern Coffee Slopes
The Cordillera Central seen from the lookout between Villalba and Orocovis, its forested ridges f...
Orocovis: Coffee in the Heart of Puerto Rico
Orocovis is a mountain municipality in the middle of Puerto Rico, known as "the heart of Puerto R...
Puerto Rico Coffee Today: The 2026 State of the Industry
Photo: USDAgov / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Puerto Rico's coffee industry today is a story...
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 Rico Coffee Agritourism: Farm Tours, Tastings, and Visits
Before you travel, contact the farm directly. Opening days and tour times change, and several of ...
Hacienda Caracolillo: The Jewel of Maricao Coffee
Coffee bushes growing under a mature shade-tree canopy on a mountain farm. Photo: USDAgov / Wikim...
Las Marías: Coffee and China Dulce in Puerto Rico's Western Mountains
Photo: Frederick Albion Ober / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Las Marías sits in the mountains...
Hurricane San Ciriaco and the Coffee Collapse (1899)
Photo: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. On August 8, 1899, Hurricane San C...
The Golden Age of Puerto Rican Coffee (1800-1898)
Photo: Library of Congress, Chronicling America / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped. Betw...
Coffee Grinder Burr Geometry: Conical vs Flat — Why It Matters
Summary A burr grinder crushes coffee between two hard, ridged surfaces called burrs. The two mai...
Jayuya: Taíno Mountain Coffee
View of roadway from Cerro de Punta, on 6 April 2008. Photo: Steven Isaacson / Wikimedia Commons,...
Café Lareño: The Lares Family Hacienda and the Quiet Coffee of the Northwest Mountains
Photo: Norma Arbelo Irizarry / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5. Café Lareño sits at kilometer 40 ...
Alto Grande: A Lares Coffee Brand and Its Heritage Claims
Photo: Yarfpr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Alto Grande is a Puerto Rican coffee brand from ...
Hacienda San Pedro: The Atienza Family Coffee Legacy in Jayuya
A steep peak in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, with exposed grey rock outcrops, forest on the lower slopes ...
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 is a coffee shop, roastery and small museum inside the Cuartel de Ballajá in Old Sa...
Hacienda Lealtad: A Nineteenth-Century Coffee Hacienda in Lares
Hacienda Lealtad, former coffee plantation in Lares, Puerto Rico, on 20 May 2019. Photo: The Eloq...