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Café Yaucono: History of a Puerto Rican Coffee Brand
La Bombonera in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded in 1902, photographed in 2007. Photo: picken /...
Hacienda Tres Picachos: The Jayuya Heritage Farm Run by the Same Family for Over 40 Years
Hacienda Tres Picachos is a working coffee farm in the mountains of Jayuya, in the centre of Puer...
How Coffee Reached Puerto Rico in 1736
A coffee tree in flower in the Maricao mountains, Puerto Rico. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv...
The Dutch Coffee Empire
Photo: Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. The Dutch Coffee Empire was t...
Maricao: Where Coffee Meets the Cloud Forest
Coffee tree atop the Maricao mountains in Puerto Rico. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sout...
Puerto Rico Coffee Cooperatives and Economics
Puerto Rican coffee costs more to produce than coffee from almost anywhere else that grows it. Th...
The Bourbon Coffee Variety: Origins, Flavor, and Legacy
Photo: Marcelo Corrêa / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Summary Bourbon is one of the most histo...
Moka Pot: The Italian Stovetop Coffee Classic
A Bialetti one-cup stovetop espresso maker in aluminium, inscribed "Mini express", "1 tazza" and ...
Drip Coffee Makers: How Automatic Brewers Work and What Makes a Good One
A drawing of an automatic drip coffee maker, with its filter basket above a glass carafe of brewe...
Coffee Extraction Mathematics: TDS, Yield, and the Brewing Control Chart
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Coffee extraction is the only food ...
Coffee Scales: Why 0.1g Precision Changes Every Cup
A portafilter of ground coffee resting on a digital scale, the display reading 18.7 grams. Photo:...
Water Chemistry for Coffee Brewing: The Complete Guide
Photo: nameless 3791 / Unsplash, Unsplash License. Summary Water makes up most of a cup of coffee...
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 (...
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 ...
Modern Experimental Coffee Processing: Anaerobic, Carbonic Maceration, and Beyond
Summary Coffee producers have long processed coffee in three main ways: washed, natural and honey...
Utuado and Ciales: Central Mountain Coffee Regions
Carretera PR-10, Utuado, Puerto Rico, on 5 April 2015. Photo: Yarfpr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-S...
Hacienda Tres Ángeles: Puerto Rico's First Certified Agritourism Coffee Farm
Photo: Thichcoffee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Hacienda Tres Ángeles is a family-run coffe...
Casa Pueblo and Café Madre Isla: Adjuntas's Solar-Powered Coffee Movement
Casa Pueblo is a community organisation in Adjuntas, in Puerto Rico's central mountains. It began...
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...
UPR Mayagüez: Puerto Rico's Coffee Research Program
The Jose de Diego administration building at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, its porti...