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Coffee Leaf Rust (Roya) in Puerto Rico: The Silent Threat
This article reports published research and official guidance. It is not agricultural advice. Dec...
Coffee Revitalization: Hispanic Federation, Nespresso, and Puerto Rico's Recovery
After Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck in 2017, the Hispanic Federation and the Miranda family an...
Hurricane Maria and the Coffee Industry (2017): Devastation and Survival
Construction on a remote road near Utuado, Puerto Rico, on 11 October 2017, during federal operat...
Shade-Grown Coffee in Puerto Rico: Birds, Biodiversity, and Tradition
Photo: USDAgov / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Shade-grown coffee is both the future and the ...
Limaní and Frontón: Puerto Rico's Native Coffee Varieties
Coffee cherries at mixed ripeness — green, yellow and red — on the branch, with the plant's gloss...
Hacienda Buena Vista: The Living Coffee Museum of Ponce
Photo: Jcastro521 / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Hacienda Buena Vista is Puerto Rico's most ...
Pilón de Café: The Wooden Pestle Tradition of Puerto Rico
Photo: Ll1324 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Pilón de Café: The Wooden Pestle Tradition of Puerto Rico...
Lares: Coffee, Revolution, and Heritage
Photo: Norma Arbelo Irizarry / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5. Summary Lares holds a unique plac...
Yauco: Puerto Rico's Crown Coffee Region
Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Yauco is the most internationally recog...
Adjuntas: Coffee in the Switzerland of Puerto Rico
Summary Adjuntas is a mountain municipality in the Cordillera Central of Puerto Rico, inside the ...
Café Finca Cialitos: Q-Grader Joaquín Pastor and the Single-Estate Coffee of Ciales
Photo: Finca del Café / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Café Finca Cialitos is a single-estate P...
AeroPress: The Complete Guide to Modern Manual Coffee Brewing
An AeroPress coffee maker standing on a mug. Photo: Bean Poet / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. ...
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 Legend of Kaldi the Goat Herder
Summary According to popular legend, coffee was discovered around the 9th century by an Ethiopian...
The Typica Coffee Variety: The Original Arabica Cultivar
Summary Typica is one of the most culturally and genetically important varieties of Arabica coffe...
Coffee's Spread to the Ottoman Empire
Summary Coffee reached the Ottoman Empire in the first half of the sixteenth century, and Istanbu...
Café con Leche: The Puerto Rican Morning Tradition
Photo: Juan Fernández / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Café con Leche: The Puerto Rican Morning...
Yemen and the Port of Mocha
Summary Coffee was first grown as a crop in Yemen, from seeds taken out of the coffee forests of ...
Hurricane Fiona (2022): The Second Coffee Catastrophe
Photo: GOES imagery: CSU/CIRA & NOAA / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. On September 18, 2022, H...
Café de Puerto Rico: Denominación de Origen and Protected Heritage
Café de Puerto Rico is not just a label — it is a protected designation that guarantees where the...