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Las Fiestas del Acabe del Café: Adjuntas' Celebration of Coffee Heritage

  Nestled in the lush, mountainous heart of Puerto Rico, the town of Adjuntas comes alive each February with one of the island's most authentic and cherished cultural celebrations:  Las Fiestas del Acabe del Café  (The Coffee Harvest Festival). This vibrant event marks the end of the coffee harvest season and offers visitors an immersive experience into Puerto Rico's rich coffee culture, agricultural traditions, and mountain town hospitality. Cultural Significance: Honoring Coffee's Legacy Coffee has been the lifeblood of Adjuntas for over two centuries. Known as "La Ciudad del Gigante Dormido" (The City of the Sleeping Giant) due to the mountain silhouette that overlooks it, Adjuntas sits at an elevation perfect for cultivating some of Puerto Rico's finest coffee beans. The festival celebrates not just the crop itself, but the generations of  caficultores  (coffee farmers) who have sustained this tradition through dedication and love for the land. The "a...