Del acabe al renacer: una cosecha 100% puertorriqueña

Crossing the mountains between fog and a few rays of sunshine, begins a journey that since the beginning of our history has fought for its permanence. It is the harvest and collection of our precious grain: coffee. For years Puerto Rico has positioned itself as one of the countries that has cultivated the best coffee, in addition to being one of the largest producers of coffee in the Americas.

Four years after the passage of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is celebrating the first large coffee harvest since that natural phenomenon. The number of farms totals more than 2,000 and the coffee plantations in the mountainous zone have been renewed, showing the rebirth of the industry.

This work was commissioned by El Vocero de Puerto Rico

You can read the history in Spanish the link below

Del acabe al renacer

Manuel Vega Barrera has been pi...d I like agriculture".

Manuel Vega Barrera has been picking coffee all his life.  "Since I can remember, my parents taught me to pick coffee and my grandparents taught me to pick coffee. From then on I learned to pick coffee and I like agriculture".

Enrique Morales has been dedica...we need more pickers".

Enrique Morales has been dedicated to coffee harvesting and agriculture for more than 8 years, he has worked on several farms in Maricao as a picker and manager, as well as in coffee processing. "Coffee is very important because it is what we drink every morning to recharge our spirits, we need more pickers".

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Vista panoramica del municipio de Maricao.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Una madur...amp;eacute; recien recolectada.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Una madura de café recien recolectada.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Antes de ...uva madura recien recolectada.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Antes de pasar a la etapa de despulpe se realiza un primer lavado de la uva madura recien recolectada.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. El despul...isto a la plazoleta de secado.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. El despulpado del café es la primera etapa del beneficio húmedo en la que el fruto pasa por una transformación, dado que se dejan libres de pulpa o cáscara, las dos semillas que normalmente se encuentran por dentro. Esta labor la realizan eficientemente las máquinas despulpadoras. La despulpadora desprende el mucílago del grano despulpado y lo lava, para entregarlo listo a la plazoleta de secado.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. La prácti...ficie y dejarlos secar al sol.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. La práctica de secado busca disminuir el agua del grano de café, previamente lavado y despulpado. En la hacienda usan la técnica de secado solar que consiste en extender los granos de café sobre una superficie y dejarlos secar al sol.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Café recien tostado, listo para ser molido.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Shot de espreso de café recien tostado.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Despulpad...proceso de la cosecha de café.

9/22/21. Maricao, PR. Despulpadora Morovis, canasta para recolectar café y paila para el lavado. Instrumentos escenciales para el proceso de la cosecha de café.

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Del acabe al renacer: una cosecha 100% puertorriqueña

Del acabe al renacer: una cosecha 100% puertorriqueña

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