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Christmas Cuela Box 2025: Our Puerto Rican Traditions
Christmas is around the corner and in Cuela, we take this time of year very seriously and with great joy, because, like coffee, Christmas also defines us as a Boricuas.And as is tradition in Cuela,...

Coffee Growers
Processing Washed Coffee for Dummies
Another harvest season in Puerto Rico's Coffee Industry. Another year filled with hope for continued improvement in our Coffee Industry, despite the challenges we face. But as I once heard from Jea...

Coffee Growers
The Magic of Roasting Coffee
Roasting is one of the most important processes, if not the most important, in coffee. The roaster is responsible for highlighting the hard work the coffee farmer has put in throughout the entire p...

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Cuela Coffee Journeys: The Hidden Coffee Stories from Puerto Rico
This year, we decided to embark on a unique mission within the Puerto Rican Coffee Industry. The objective of this mission, which we have called Cuela Coffee Journeys, is to reach the most unique c...

Coffee Growers
My Coffee is too Acid...
Let's talk about acidity in coffee. It's a topic that you start hearing quite often when you enter the world of Specialty Coffee, and to a certain extent, a bit strangely because its normal to have...

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World Coffee Research selected Hacienda Anita as a model farm
Café Sotavento brings you an exotic variety never seen before in Puerto Rico
In our content about Puerto Rican coffee, we've always provided information about the most common Arabica varieties in P...

Coffee Growers
The Barista: A hero at the end of the Coffee Chain
To understand the role of the barista, we must go back to the 15th century in the Old East, where the Ottoman Empire established the first Coffee House in the city of Damascus. The Arabians were gr...

Coffee Growers
Worldwide Coffee Crisis & What to do if you own a Coffee Shop?
In recent months we have been hearing a lot about the rise in the coffee price worldwide, but what is the reason for this and what should a specialty coffee shops do? (Cuela’s Opinion)
The rise in ...

Coffee Growers
The two most famous coffee varieties of Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there have been several varieties of Arabica coffee over the years. The first two to arrive were the cousins Borbón and Típica, the most historically important varieties in coffee...
