Puerto Rico

In the coffee industry, when it comes to coffee from the island, I think you must be no stranger to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica and Kona of Hawaii, which are famous boutique coffee. In fact, if we talk about coffee from island origin, there is another kind of coffee that is worth talking about and tasting, and that is Puerto Rico. If you look for its location on the earth, it may not be easy to find, so let's learn about it.

Island Coffee-Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, located in the eastern part of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, includes Puerto Rico and small islands such as Vieques and Culefra. It is an island with very beautiful scenery. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the south, the United States and the British Virgin Islands to the east, and the Mona Strait to the west, bordering the Dominican Republic. Puerto Rico has a land area of 13790 square kilometers, with mountains and hills accounting for 3x4 of the island. The central mountain range stretches from east to west, stretching from the center to all sides, from high to low, and the coast is a plain. The highest peak, Mount Pengta, is 1338 meters above sea level. Belongs to the tropical rain forest climate, the rainfall is abundant, the average temperature in January is 24 ℃, the average temperature in July is 27 ℃. Vulnerable to hurricanes, with an annual average temperature of 28 ℃. These climatic environments are very suitable for the high-quality growth of coffee trees.

Island Coffee-Puerto Rico

In Spanish, Puerto Rico means "port of wealth". The history of coffee in Puerto Rico dates back to 1736, when coffee seedlings were brought into the country by early Spanish settlers. In the 18th world, sugar cane was the main economic crop, so little attention was paid to it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the French began to emigrate from the Corsica island in the Mediterranean to Puerto Rico because of European politics. Crowded by the Spaniards, many French settled in Yaoke Yauco in southwestern Puerto Rico. Yaoke's geographical environment is more hilly, so the French decided to grow coffee. After half a century of hard work, the quality has been affirmed by the market, which has established the position of Yauco Selecto coffee in the market in the future.

In the 1860s, the coffee produced in the Yaoke area of Puerto Rico won the reputation of high-end coffee and spread all over Europe. At that time, emperors and queens of various countries regarded it as the best coffee, and the kings and queens of many countries and European popes even recognized only Yaoke coffee when they chose coffee. And designated for the Vatican to drink the royal coffee.