Puerto Rico – Making A Comeback

Back to reclaim their place as one of the world's most sought after coffees, Puerto Rican coffee growers are marketing their beans on the Internet.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Puerto Rican coffee was the talk of the royal courts of Europe. It was the coffee everyone, who was anyone, drank! Kings and queens, dukes and duchesses made Puerto Rican coffee all the rage!

Over the decades, Puerto Rican coffee took a dive - mostly due to huge hurricanes in the late 1800's which all but destroyed the industry there. Now, they've made a comeback!

Find some of the best quality Arabica beans at Puerto Rican roasters. The beans are mountain grown in the shade for fantastic flavor. The Green Island Coffee Company has online ordering available. They offer Alto Grande coffee, 'a Coffee Hacienda deep in the central mountain range of Puerto Rico, continued without interruption, a commitment to grow a unique kind of coffee. Coffee from Latitude 19° North, where nature provides the ideal conditions to grow the world's best coffee; the same fine quality Arabica variety that gained fame in Europe among the connoisseurs of Paris, Madrid, London, Hamburg and Rome.' Alto Grande coffee has been around since 1839.

Buena Vista Plantation is a restored 19th century coffee plantation in Puerto Rico. Here, the coffee is handpicked and the harvesting season can sometimes extend from August all the way through to January. 'The higher the elevation, the more extended in to the year will be the coffee harvest. Limani, collor & caturra are several types of Arabica bean grown in Puerto Rico, with the most common to the eastern lower elevation parts of Puerto Rico being collor, the high elevation type grown in the western part of the island being Caturra, typically favored for gourmet & premium coffee.'

Yaucono coffee, Café Rico Coffee, Crema Coffee and Yauco Coffee are a few of the other roaster labels coming out of Puerto Rico. Its coffee right from the pages of your history book.

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