page_title: Hacienda Lealtad
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Hacienda Lealtad / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Hacienda Lealtad, former coffee plantation using slave labor in Lares, Puerto Rico
context_page_description: Hacienda Lealtad also known as Hacienda La Lealtad, and Hacienda la Esperanza is a historic coffee plantation in barrio La Torre, Lares, Puerto Rico. A large hacienda, it was founded in 1830, by Juan Bautista Plumey, a French immigrant, who arrived in Puerto Rico with enslaved people.
  It would become the largest coffee plantation in Lares, with over thirty slaves and hundreds of day laborers working the 69 cuerdas of coffee farm. For many years the plantation was a large producer and exporter of coffee. Day laborers, jornaleros or braceros from Lares worked in the coffee fields of the hacienda. In 1880, it was owned by Miguel Marquez Enseñat.
  It is now owned by Edwin Soto and his family, who invested millions into its restoration and operate the hacienda as a hotel, coffee shop and museum. Coffee growing in Puerto Rico has seen a resurgence and Hacienda Lealtad produces coffee under the brand Café Lealtad. The Café Bistro Hacienda Lealtad on Puerto Rico Highway 128 kilometer 55.8, is where groups meet for the start of their tour of the 19th century coffee plantation.
context_section_description: The 19th century, coffee farming culture of Puerto Rico where jornaleros and slaves processed coffee for its distribution to Europe, is on display at Hacienda Lealtad. Educational tours where people can learn about coffee cultivation are available, by reservation, and the main attractions are:
  a former post office
  the landowner's house
  a coffee drying field (glácil) and drawers (corredoras) for protecting coffee beans from rain
  a mill to process the beans
  a cell made of stone which was used for imprisoning slaves
  coffee trees
  a museum with furniture belonging to family of José de Diego, a Puerto Rican poet
  Café Lealtad coffee
  a nearby creek
  former slave quarters with kitchen with wood-burning stove
caption: Corredoras were used to protect coffee beans from rain.
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