The History of Costa Rican Coffee will Costa Rican coffee be very fruity?

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Coffee from Costa Rica has always been very popular with guests. I thought about why she was able to break out of other individual coffees: one of the famous representatives of Central American coffee; the coffee was rich in flavor and excellent in quality. In addition, I believe that there is something behind these popular reasons, so that coffee lovers can not put down Costa Rican coffee. Now, let's explore the history of her coffee and maybe find the answer.

The first country in Central America to grow coffee; government support for development

Coffee began to appear in Costa Rica in 1729, when it was introduced from Cuba. This made Costa Rica the first country in Central America to grow coffee and the first to grow coffee because of its commercial value. Then, after Costa Rica became independent from Spain in 1821, the local government began to support the coffee industry with a series of policies. At that time, it was more than a hundred years after coffee was introduced into Costa Rica, but about 70,000 coffee trees have been planted, which shows the speed of its development. The local government's policies on the coffee industry include:

In 1825, the Costa Rican government implemented a tax exemption policy. In 1832, the local government promulgated a law that "there is land for growing coffee", meaning that coffee farmers can own the land directly if they grow coffee on any land that is not occupied. As soon as this example comes out, it encourages many people to grow coffee and promote the development of coffee. (it can also indirectly explain why most of Costa Rican coffee comes from private estates.)

It is conceivable that when there are more products, the quality will become different, affecting competitiveness. So in order to improve the quality and value of coffee, at the beginning of the 20th century, the government enacted legislation that coffee farms or plantations in Costa Rica could only grow coffee from Arabica, so as to enhance their competitiveness. This helps to understand why Costa Rican coffee is now so superior: coffee from Costa Rica is all Arabica, and we can never find Robusta.

Then, in 1948, the Costa Rican government set up an exclusive coffee department, namely the Costa Rican coffee industry company ICAFE:Institutodel Caf é de Costa Rica. It has been taken over by the official Coffee Committee Oficinadel Caf é), mainly coaching the manor from planting, post-processing to the improvement of the sales system. The place is also very careful in handling coffee for export. Among the exported coffee, coffee beans that are considered to be of substandard quality will be colored by blue plant dyes and then returned to China for sale. Today, about 1/3 of Costa Rica's population is engaged in coffee or coffee-related industries, and per capita coffee consumption is twice that of Italy or the United States. From various policies, we can see that the government's support for the coffee industry has indirectly made Costa Rica's coffee better and more competitive than other countries.

Representative of Coffee Roasters Asia: Tara Judeo Tower, Costa Rica

In Coffee Roasters Asia, there is also a single coffee from Dota in Tarrazu, Costa Rica. Tarazhu is one of Costa Rica's world-famous coffee producing areas, located about two hours south of the Costa Rican capital SanJose. Because Tarazhu has a very high altitude, which makes her coffee rich and pleasant, and makes her a very important growing area in Costa Rica.

On the other hand, Dota is the top producing area in Tarazhu region. In many towers, the farmland is located at an average altitude of 1200-1700 meters above sea level, with ample annual rainfall and long sunshine (an average of 2150 hours per year), so sun-treated coffee beans have excellent quality: the beans are hard and full, smooth to taste and full of flavor.

Quality coffee is well deserved.

Up to now, the Costa Rican coffee industry is one of the well-organized industries in the world, with a yield of 1700 kg per hectare. The country has a population of 3.5 million, but there are as many as 400 million coffee trees, and coffee exports account for 25% of the total. In Costa Rica, where coffee is produced, coffee of all grades and types also accounts for 1/3 of global consumption. Thus it can be seen that the quality of her coffee gives her a place in the global coffee market, and being loved by people, the history of the development of the coffee industry cannot be ignored.