Coffee Plantation Puerto Rico

Puerto rico is known for its coffee and the best coffee comes from ripe beans grown high in the cool moist mountain regions of the toro negro mountain range.

Coffee plantation puerto rico.

Puerto rican coffee also gave rise to agrarian mountain folk who have become romantic symbols of working class puerto ricans known as the jíbaros the jíbaros were country folk who worked the coffee plantations for the wealthy haciendas or landowners. Coffee production on the island goes back centuries and at one point puerto rico was among the top 10 coffee producers worldwide according to sandra farms coffee. Inviting temperatures and unmatched hospitality we hope you can come experience another side of puerto rico living. Imagine breathing in the crisp morning air on a verdant mountainside as you wander through a centuries old plantation house overlooking gorgeous scenery.

Natural grown puerto rico coffee from our first cup of handpicked adjuntas mountain grown coffee in 2001 we have persevered to make sandra farms a viable sustainable and contributing member of the local community while at the same time striving to improve the environment. There are a number of coffee haciendas in the towns of jayuya san sebastian ponce adjuntas las marias and lares. A great destination and several other guidebooks for puerto rico. Sample puerto rico s history rural culture and locally grown coffee all in one trip.

By the late 19th century coffee production peaked and the island was the world s seventh largest producer of coffee. Coffee tours will be available in limited quantity starting july 1. The hacienda buena vista coffee plantation near ponce puerto rico. The coffee plantation is open for tours and visits by appointment only and we are unable to cater to walk ins.

Join us for a scenic drive to the countryside to visit our favorite family owned real working coffee plantation and experience firsthand how their specialty coffee gets from the coffee tree to your cup. Currently there is a shortage of labor in the coffee industry but that doesn t mean that there aren t plantations or haciendas for visitors to experience. Coffee was first introduced to puerto rico as a minor cash crop during spanish colonial rule from nearby martinique and was mostly consumed locally by the end of the 18th century the island produced more than a million pounds of coffee a year. Tour a puerto rican coffee plantation.

Plantations growing coffee beans in puerto rico are referred to haciendas and are mostly located in the cool and misty higher elevations of the toro negro mountain range. Zain deane is the author of explorer s guide san juan vieques culebra.