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The Enchanting Caribbean Coffee Region

The Caribbean Sea is a passionate, romantic, and mysterious maritime region. Many excellent coffees surround this circular area: Jamaica Blue Mountain, Dominican Republic, Cuban Crystal Mountain, Puerto Rico Yauco, and others—all among the world's most famous, rare, and expensive coffees. These island beans possess a delicate milk aroma and elegant floral fragrance, with fine and gentle acidity. Although it's difficult to avoid the problem of moisture loss in coffee caused by the humid island climate, their overall quality places them among the first-class coffee beans. Puerto Rican coffee is not easily available in the market mainly due to low production, with most exports going to Europe, coupled with damage to coffee crops from severe hurricanes, which can result in no coffee available for purchase for an entire year.

The Paradise of Premium Coffee

The Caribbean Sea boasts beautiful scenery, with countless scattered islands like pearls, fine beaches, and pleasant weather—it's truly a traveler's paradise. Naturally, it's also worthy of being called a paradise of premium coffee! Jamaica Blue Mountain, Cuban Crystal Mountain, Dominican Republic, and other prominent names in the coffee world tell legendary coffee stories. Puerto Rican coffee undoubtedly adds even more brilliant color to this coffee legend!

Puerto Rico: Coffee Excellence

Puerto Rico has a small area but is the country with the highest standard of living among Latin American nations. The political and economic environment is stable, people are highly educated, and workers' wages are relatively high. It is precisely such a beautiful and peaceful country that has produced Puerto Rican coffee, which commands significant attention in the coffee world! Among these, Puerto Rico Yauco Selecto receives the highest praise! Yauco Selecto is recognized by international coffee tasters as the world's third-ranked coffee, surpassed only by Jamaica Blue Mountain and Hawaii Kona!

Rich Coffee History

The entire Caribbean coffee history is closely connected to Spanish colonial development. In the 18th century, coffee in various regions was not particularly important—the main work was planting sugar crops in fertile valleys. In the early 19th century (around 1800), due to European turmoil, residents of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica migrated to Puerto Rico. Since the valley lands were already occupied by Spanish immigrants, they chose to settle in the southwestern mountainous areas of the island, mostly near the town of Yauco. Through their efforts and determination, coffee cultivation brought them good returns. By the 1860s, they dominated the island's coffee industry, when Puerto Rico's coffee bean production ranked sixth worldwide. The coffee trees planted by those Corsican immigrants in the highlands produced fruit that was considered select. The origin of Yauco Selecto coffee beans can be primarily traced to this period. However, in 1898, two powerful hurricanes severely damaged Puerto Rico. These hurricanes destroyed the local coffee industry, and farmers had to wait two years for crops to recover normally. During this period, the United States became very interested in Puerto Rico's sugar production. Additionally, European countries no longer granted tariff exemptions to Puerto Rican coffee beans as colonial products, which severely impacted Puerto Rican coffee.

Puerto Rico's Modern Context

Puerto Rico has frequently appeared in news recently because its government has been burdened by高达70 billion dollars of debt for many years, officially defaulting starting this August. Its predicament originated from the Spanish-American War of 1898, when Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States, making it a U.S. commonwealth in the Caribbean. Unlike the 50 states, it cannot enjoy some federal government benefits, but must comply with various rules and regulations. Puerto Rico has held four referendums, with the last one in 2012 where 61% of citizens supported becoming America's 51st state, but congressional approval remains distant. After the commonwealth government defaulted, it cannot receive bankruptcy law protection, leading to it being jokingly called "America's Greece" because the financial situations and their political relationships with America and the European Union are very similar.

Yauco: Taiwan's Early Coffee Fame

Puerto Rico's Yauco and Jamaica are both part of the Greater Antilles, located in the Central American Atlantic region, and are renowned producers of island beans. Puerto Rican coffee has about two hundred years of history. Coffee cultivation began in 1736, but initially, coffee here was not the main economic crop—sugar was dominant. Around 1800, due to European turmoil, residents of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica migrated to Puerto Rico. Since the valley lands were already occupied by Spanish immigrants, they chose to settle in the southwestern mountainous areas of the island, near Yauco town. To survive, they began cultivating various crops, and coffee cultivation brought them good income. By 1860, coffee had become the region's primary export economic crop. Yauco was also a quite well-known coffee in early Taiwan, but in recent years, due to a shift toward domestic market orientation, it has become quite rare.

FrontStreet Coffee's Brewing Recommendations

FrontStreet Coffee suggests Puerto Rico coffee brewing parameters:

V60/90 degrees/1:15/two minutes

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