Introduction of Coffee Variety and Grade producing areas in Costa Rica

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Costa Rican coffee varieties

100% Arabica. In 1989, it was rare to ban the cultivation of Robusta in the form of national legislation, which was then extended to boycott cartimor varieties. Most of them are caturra and catuai.

Harvest and processing of Costa Rican Coffee

Pick by hand. The harvest time is from August to April of the following year, depending on the altitude of the producing area.

Traditional washing treatment.

Dry in the sun. It usually takes about 7 days to reduce the water content to 12%, which can be stored in the warehouse with shell beans. There is also machine drying, which can shorten the drying time to 24 hours. Machine drying is considered to be suspected of affecting flavor.

Costa Rican coffee grade

With reference to the altitude of the producing area, it is graded according to the density of beans:

SHB,strictly hard bean, ≥ 3900 feet (approx. 1200m)

GHB,good hard bean, ≥ 3300 feet (approx. 1000m)

MHB,medium hard bean, medium bean ≥ 1600 feet (approx. 500m)

In general, altitude is positively correlated with density. In the high altitude area, the temperature is low, the coffee fruit growth rate is slow, the density is high; in the low altitude area, the coffee fruit growth rate is faster, the density is low.

Costa Rican coffee producing area

At present, it is divided into 8 major producing areas, Brunca,Turrialba,Tres Rios,Orosi,Tarrazu,Central Valley,Western Valley,Guanacaste.

Tarrazu and Tres Rios are the most famous. It is called the Bordeaux of Costa Rica (Costa Rica's Bordeaux).

Tarrazu, commonly translated as Tarasu, is located in the province of San Jose where the capital is located, and the San Marcos and Santa Maria areas under its jurisdiction are important boutique coffee producing areas southeast of the capital San Jose. Of the 23 beans on the list in the 2014 Coe contest, 17 came from Tarasu.

Tres Rios, English "three rivers", also known as "Sanshui River", has the fertile soil created by the Irazu volcano, located north of the capital San Jose, about 12km away.