Sitikudziwika ngati msuweni wake wa ku Colombia , koma Puerto Rico wakhala akusangalala ndi khofi yapamwamba chifukwa nthaka yamtunda, mapiri, ndi nyengo ya mkati mwa Puerto Rico zimapereka malo abwino kwambiri okulima zomera za khofi.
Nyemba ya khofi idabwera pachilumbachi m'ma 1700, panthawi ya ulamuliro wa chigawo cha ku Spain kuchokera pachilumba cha Martinique, ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'deralo. Kuyambira chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, khofiyo inakhala yaikulu kwambiri ku Puerto Rico, ndipo mzinda wa Yauco, womwe uli pakati pa mapiri, umadziwika ndi dzina la El Pueblo del Café , kapena "City of Khofi."
Masiku ano, mitengo yapamwamba yopititsa kunja ya Puerto Rico siimaphatikizapo khofi chifukwa cha nkhani monga mtengo wamakono wogulitsa ndi chisokonezo cha ndale. Komabe, makina a Café Yauco Selecto ndi Alto Grande ndi omwe amadziwika bwino kwambiri pachilumbachi, ndipo Alto Grande ankaona kuti ndipamwamba kwambiri khofi padziko lapansi.
Kofi ya ku Puerto Rico inachititsanso kuti anthu ambiri a m'mapiri a kugrarian asonyeze chikondi cha anthu a ku Puerto Rico otchedwa Jíbaros . The Jíbaros anali anthu amtundu wa anthu omwe ankagwira ntchito yaminda ya khofi kwa haciendas olemera kapena eni eni. Mwamwayi, iwo anali ochepa bwino kusiyana ndi antchito omwe anali osadulidwa, ndipo popeza iwo anali osaphunzira, mawonekedwe awo opitirira malire anabwera kudzera mu nyimbo. Anthu a Jíbaros ankakhalabe olimba kwambiri masiku onse a ntchito yawo poimbira nyimbo zomwe zidakali zotchuka ku Puerto Rico masiku ano.
Mmene Puerto Rican Coffee imagwirira ntchito
Kawirikawiri, pali njira zitatu zomwe mungagwiritsire ntchito khofi yanu: espresso, Cortadito, ndi café con leche, ngakhale kuti café Americano ndi yina, yosakondedwa kwambiri.
Espresso ya Puerto Rico ndi yosiyana kwambiri ndi espresso ya ku Italy, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito mu makina a espresso ndipo kawirikawiri imatengedwa wakuda. Nthawi yeniyeni ya espresso ndi pocillo , yomwe imatanthawuza za makapu ang'ono omwe amamwa madziwo.
Chisankho china chotchuka ndi Cortadito, yomwe aliyense wodziwa ndi khofi ya Cuba adzadziwa; mofanana ndi cortado, zakumwa zotere za espresso zili ndi mkaka wambiri wa mkaka.
Potsirizira pake, café con leche ili ngati chikhalidwe chamtundu, koma ku Puerto Rico, nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi mkaka waukulu wotumizidwa mu chikho chachikulu. Maphikidwe ambiri a Puerto Rican chifukwa chophatikizana choterewa amakhudzana ndi mkaka wonse ndi hafu ndi theka mokoma bwino m'phimba, ngakhale pali kusiyana kosiyanasiyana kwa njirayi.
Mmene Mungayendere Kuphika Kafi
Makampani ambiri okaona maulendo amapita kukafika ku malo ophikira khofi, omwe amachititsa alendo kumalo osangalatsa kupita ku Puerto Rico. Makampani oyendayenda otchuka amaphatikizapo Acampa, Maulendo a Kumidzi ndi Legends of Puerto Rico, omwe onse amapereka maulendo oyenda khofi.
Ngati muli ovuta kwambiri ndipo mukufuna kudzacheza nokha, zotsatirazi zikuperekanso maulendo komanso alandire alendo, onetsetsani kuti mupite patsogolo: Café Bello ku Adjuntas, Café Hacienda San Pedro ku Jayuya, Café Lareño ku Lares, Hacienda Ana ku Jayuya, Hacienda Buena Vista ku Ponce, Hacienda Palma Escrita, La Casona ku Las Marías, ndi Hacienda Patricia ku Ponce.
Kumbukirani kuti muthamangire nokha ngati mukukonzekera kukawona malo ambiri omwe ali ngati kofi ya Puerto Rican ndikukhala olimba kwambiri pa nkhani ya caffeine. Sikoyenera kuti alendo amwe makapu oposa anayi a mgwirizano wamphamvu pa tsiku.