Coffee that changed Costa Rica's destiny One of the best boutique coffees in the world Introduction to a big country

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Coffee has been rooted in Costa Rica for more than 200 years.

Although the land area is only the third to last among the producing countries in Central America.

But it is an indispensable and important role; at present, the total population of Colombia is about 4.5 million.

While there are as many as 400 million coffee trees.

Coffee exports account for 25% of the country's total exports.

According to local statistics, about 1% of the population is involved in the coffee-related industry chain.

It is not too much to say that coffee has changed the standard of living in this country.

Costa Rica has a unique natural environment, fertile volcanic ash,

Mild and suitable temperature and stable and abundant rainfall

Sufficient sunshine time during the day and significant temperature difference between day and night

It is one of the reasons why coffee has become one of the main agricultural products in Colombia.

They also produce different grades of coffee and raw beans.

From commercial parity Arabica beans

To the coffee raw beans from the Outstanding Cup Coffee Competition (COE)

There is also a palace-level geisha coffee variety (Geisha).

In addition, various post-processing methods are not clear, yellow, red and black.

The dazzling list is too numerous to mention. The traditional classification method classifies Costa Rica into seven producing areas.

From northwest to southeast

With the distribution of the inland central plateau, the western valley (West Valley),

Central Valley (Central Valley),

Tarasu (Tarrazu), Sanshui River (Tres Rios), Eurosci Orosi,

Brenka (Brunca), Duli Alba (Turrialba)

Some of them may be familiar to everyone in Taiwan's coffee market.

But with the evolution of boutique coffee

The norms of large producing areas can no longer satisfy the curiosity of lovers chasing high-quality coffee.

Resulting in more and more microzones.

Trace batches of small estates were unearthed.