“From 5 a.m. to noon in the harvest season that runs through February, coffee pickers walk backward down the steep slopes of the 320-acre Hacienda Ana plantation in the shadow of Cerro Punta, the commonwealth’s highest peak, toting heavy buckets of fruit. After noon, it’s too darn hot.” Hmm, doesn’t sound fun, but this is a typical day for coffee pickers in Puerto Rico. It takes a lot of people to hand pick the estimated 21.5 million pounds of beans harvested each year on this tiny island, which is part of the reason why prison inmates are used in some areas. You can read more about Puerto Rico’s coffee industry in an article over at The Washington Post.
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