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The Truth About Coffee Prices in Puerto Rico (Including Ours)
If you’ve had a cup of coffee in Puerto Rico lately, you’ve probably heard the conversation. Prices are going up. Some bags are hard to find. People are asking why.
I want to answer that the way we...

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Kalita, Our Favorite Brewing Method
Today I want to talk about our favorite brewing method in Cuela Coffee Shop. The brewing method we use is the Kalita Wave. This method was created by Kalita company in 2010. There are various metho...

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...

Cuela Coffee Journeys
Matcha Replacing Coffee?
I never thought I'd write about Matcha, but I believe that as a Co-Owner of a Coffee Shop, it's worth addressing. This is thanks to my partner and friend Gustavo Fadhel, who, upon visiting Blank St...

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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...

Coffee Growers
The two most famous coffee species in the World
It's incredible how excited the world of coffee seems to be. There has been so many years of development of this fruit that each country has its own coffee culture. Within this great culture and ag...
