DDEC announces $2M expansion of Cooperativa Agro Comercial in Ciales
March 7, 2025
The CAC is a coffee producer whose flagship product, Café Cibales, is available in three varieties. #NewsismyBusiness
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Foreign labor fails to solve Puerto Rico’s coffee harvest challenges
January 21, 2025
Bureaucratic hurdles in visa processing, high costs of importing labor, and lack of affordable housing for farm workers have hindered the Agriculture Department’s initiative to address the challenge of harvesting coffee in Puerto Rico’s mountainous regions. #NewsismyBusiness
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Tostado takes its breakfast, brunch to Guaynabo
September 24, 2024
The new San Patricio location features a unique design and menu. #NewsismyBusiness
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Starbucks Puerto Rico invests nearly $2.5M in new drive-thru store, kiosk
February 12, 2024
Baristas del Caribe opens 33rd and 34th locations in Caguas and Ponce, respectively #NewsIsMyBusiness
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Friend’s Café, Ultra Top Fuel launch new store in Hormigueros
December 21, 2023
The collaboration expands the “ServiCar” model, creating jobs and promoting local products. #NewsismyBusiness
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Gustos Coffee Co. to host 2nd Nat’l Aeropress Championship
September 29, 2023
The winners will represent Puerto Rico and will compete against more than 50 countries in the world championship in December. #NewsismyBusiness
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Global 1080’s Fables – Startups
August 9, 2023
With careful planning, market understanding, and a focus on quality, they turned their dream of running a coffee shop into a successful reality. # NewsismyBusiness
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Agriculture Dept. implementing measures to boost local coffee sales
August 26, 2022
The goal is to promote consumption of fully Puerto Rican coffee.
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Agriculture Dept. assigns $2.4M to incentivize Puerto Rican coffee industry
July 19, 2022
The funds will be available until Sept. 30 and applicants will have to meet the eligibility requirements.
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Ad agency launches Mampo Blend Puerto Rican coffee brand
July 4, 2022
The Mampo Blend was born from a collaboration with local coffee farms in Maricao.
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Café Don Juan opens Puerto Rican coffee bar in Central Florida
April 25, 2022
The shop is the first of several that could open in the Central Florida area.
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Starbucks marks 16 yrs. of ‘Don’t let it fall’ initiative
November 25, 2021
Starbucks Puerto Rico recently marked the 16th edition of its “Don’t let it fall” (“No lo dejes caer”) initiative, a movement in which employees support coffee farmers during the busy harvest season by visiting farms across the island to pick ripened coffee cherries that would otherwise fall and go to waste. This year, the company […]
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ConPRmetidos, PROCAFE hosting coffee-picking event
September 15, 2021
Nonprofit organizations ConPRmetidos and PROCAFE announced they will be hosting a coffee-picking event for the public on Sept. 21, 22, 23, and 26, at farms located in the municipalities of Adjuntas and Lares. With a $20 donation, participants will learn about coffee growing in Puerto Rico, visit a farm in the island’s central region, collect […]
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Nestlé Professional develops Puerto Rican coffee bean product
June 25, 2021
Nestlé Professional announced the expansion of its product offering with the integration of its first Puerto Rican bean coffee, Nescafé Espresso Puerto Rico. With the launch of Nescafé Espresso Puerto Rico, Nestlé seeks to continue its strategy to increase coffee sales in Puerto Rico, which have been in recovery after the impact of the atmospheric […]
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Nestlé Professional pours $1.5M into P.R. to grow coffee market
February 28, 2020
Nestlé Professional announced today that it has placed its newest Nescafé coffee equipment in 78 Wendy’s restaurants throughout Puerto Rico, representing a $1.5 million investment in the bean-to-cup coffee dispensers that will offer a variety of options to consumers. At the push of a button, the bean-to-cup brewer grinds whole beans, then brews and dispenses […]
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