This weekend was the 37th Annual Fiesta del Acabe del Café or the Festival of the Coffee ‘End’ (Harvest) in Maricao, PR and our friends Ben and Missy invited us to go with them there on Sunday.

Britton and I have been to quite a few festivals around the island, but this one was by far the biggest. There were lots of venders of all sorts, live music and nice people.

One of the coffee vender displays

There was also lots and lot of Puerto Rican coffee. We love the coffee here. In the mountainous areas where it is slightly cooler like in Maricao, coffee grows extremely well and with a great flavor. You won’t see Starbucks any time soon here! This stuff is the real, local deal!

Coffee berries in various states of ripeness

We walked around and checked out most of the booths and had a little of the carnival style food and drink.

Enjoying some chicken pinchos and fresh-squeezed Maricao orange juice with our friends

An agricultural display showing various coffee varieties

As we were walking around we even stopped to enjoy an impromptu group of drummers, singing and swaying to the beats. It was pretty cool.