Elsa Coffee Manor self-processed Coffee COE Award-winning Micro batch Coffee Certification

In early May 2013, two raw coffee beans from Elsa Coffee Manor won the prize at the COE boutique coffee competition in Costa Rica. COE is the world's most famous boutique coffee competition, and the award means that coffee beans can be sold at international online auctions for several or even dozens of times the price of ordinary raw beans.

Workers at Elsa Coffee Manor, located in the western valley of Costa Rica, are no longer as busy as coffee harvest in May and June, and their work is focused on shelling and screening of raw beans before export. In recent years, the manor began to take the development route of "boutique coffee". Coffee raw beans have won prizes in COE boutique coffee competitions many times, and their coffee has enjoyed high popularity in the world.

Elsa Manor has a 16-hectare coffee plantation and is equipped with raw coffee bean processing equipment to process coffee fruits from its own coffee farm and from coffee growers in the surrounding area. Because it is located at 1700 meters above sea level, the quality and flavor of coffee beans are generally better than those grown in low altitude areas, and the manor only collects the fruits with the best maturity during the coffee harvest period and processes them carefully, so the vast majority of raw coffee beans can be rated as high-quality.

In Costa Rica, there are many small but boutique coffee estates like Elsa, whose idea is to constantly improve the quality of raw coffee beans and get out of their own way of "boutique coffee" in order to obtain the best economic benefits.

Coffee is an important export product of Costa Rica, which earns a lot of foreign exchange for the country every year and is vividly called the "golden seed". The unique natural conditions of Costa Rica are very suitable for the cultivation of high-quality coffee varieties. Although the output is small, Costa Rican coffee always occupies an important position in the international boutique coffee market.

In recent years, in order to better meet the needs of the international coffee market, some coffee growers focus on the current pursuit of green life and vigorously grow organic coffee. Although the manpower and capital investment is large, but once certified by the international organic coffee certification body, it can be sold at a higher price. In addition to organic certification, there are also some world-renowned professional coffee certifications such as Rainforest Coffee Certification, Shade Coffee Certification and International Fair Trade Certification, which provide channels for Costa Rican boutique coffee to expand the international coffee market.