Puerto Rico Yaoke Coffee in the Central and Southern Coffee producing areas

In 736, the first coffee tree was introduced to Puerto Rico from Martinique. Since then, Puerto Rico has become the base for producing the highest quality coffee in the world. The unique taste chosen by Yaocote has also become the object of admiration of coffee experts all over the world. Most of the earliest coffee trees were planted by immigrants from Corsica. About 160 years later, the coffee industry in Puerto Rico has an extremely optimistic outlook, ranking sixth in the world in terms of total exports, and most of their coffee is shipped to Europe, including France, Italy and Spain. Coffee farms in Puerto Rico flourished until the 19th century, but unfortunately, the rise of sugarcane and drug farming and the effects of hurricanes and wars lagged Puerto Rico's coffee industry.

Today, Puerto Rican coffee is exported to all parts of the world. As the coffee in this country is generally carefully cultivated, it is pure, fragrant and granular, among which the best is among the world's famous brands. The best coffee is Yaocote (Yauco Selecto), which means "Selecto". Grand Lares Yauco is produced in the southwest of the island, while Lars coffee is produced in the south-central part of the island.

Yaocote's coffee, grown on three farms in the southwest of the island, is fragrant and has a long aftertaste. This kind of coffee is very expensive and its flavor is comparable to that of any other coffee variety in the world. In the Yaoke area, the coffee is owned and operated by the local planter. The mountain climate here is mild, the plants have a long mature period (from October to February), and the soil is of high quality clay. Some old varieties of Arabica coffee beans are grown here, although the yield is lower than other varieties, but generally of high quality. People here have been using an ecological and intensive planting method, using only some low-toxic fertilizers and chemicals, and taking mixed crop planting measures to make the soil more fertile. When it's time to pick coffee beans, people walk back and forth between coffee trees, picking only fully ripe coffee beans, and then washing them in a roller device for 48 hours.