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How Coffee Reached Puerto Rico in 1736
Summary Coffee arrived in Puerto Rico in 1736, brought by Martinique colonists seeking new plant...
Gabriel de Clieu and the Martinique Seedling
Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu was a French naval officer who, in 1723, smuggled a single coffee seedl...
The Old Yauco Coffee Estates: Hacienda Caracolillo, the Mariani Mill, and the 19th-Century Origins of Alto Grande
Yauco is remembered as Puerto Rico's coffee town, but it was never the island's largest coffee p...
Coffee of Kings and Popes: Puerto Rico's Vatican Connection
Puerto Rican coffee was sold to the Vatican. That much is documented, and it is genuinely unusua...
Alto Grande: A Lares Coffee Brand and Its Heritage Claims
Alto Grande is a Puerto Rican coffee brand from Lares, marketed under the phrase "the coffee of ...
Yauco: Puerto Rico's Crown Coffee Region
Yauco is the most internationally recognised of Puerto Rico's coffee municipalities, and the rea...
The Golden Age of Puerto Rican Coffee (1800-1898)
Between 1800 and 1898, Puerto Rico built one of the most respected coffee industries in the worl...
Hurricane San Ciriaco and the Coffee Collapse (1899)
On August 8, 1899, Hurricane San Ciriaco crossed Puerto Rico and ended the island's era as a wor...
Puerto Rico Coffee Today: The 2026 State of the Industry
Puerto Rico's coffee industry today is a story of stubborn resilience. After decades of contract...
Café Frío Boricua: The Puerto Rican Iced Coffee Tradition
Café Frío Boricua: The Puerto Rican Iced Coffee Tradition When Puerto Rico's tropical heat makes...
Water Chemistry for Coffee Brewing: The Complete Guide
Coffee is 98 percent water. The other 2 percent — the dissolved coffee compounds — depends entir...
Caffeine: How It Works in the Human Body
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on Earth, and the active compound th...
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...
Hacienda Tres Picachos: The Jayuya Heritage Farm Run by the Same Family for Over 40 Years
Hacienda Tres Picachos sits in the Saliente sector of Jayuya, in the geographic center of Puerto...
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 ...
The Sufi Monks and Coffee's Spiritual Journey
Summary Before coffee became the world's favorite morning drink, it was a sacred tool used by Suf...
Cold Brew Coffee: Method, Ratios, and the Science of Slow Extraction
Cold brew is not iced coffee. Cold brew is coffee extracted slowly in cold water over twelve to ...
Puerto Rican Coffee Culture: Sobremesa, Daily Rituals, and Family Life
Coffee in Puerto Rico is not a beverage you consume — it is a practice you participate in. From ...
Hurricane Maria and the Coffee Industry (2017): Devastation and Survival
On the morning of September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria carved a path of destruction across Puerto...
Milk Steaming and Latte Art: The Complete Beginner's Guide
Latte art is mostly not talent. It is the predictable consequence of two skills: steaming silky ...