A brief History of Guanacaster Coffee, Costa Rica Guanacaster Coffee producing area

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Costa Rica, Spanish La Republic de Costa Rica, English the Republic of Costa Rica, full name Costa Rica. San Jose, the capital, San Jose. The official language is Spanish. The administration is divided into 7 provinces, 81 counties and cities and 421 districts.

In 1502, Columbus first discovered the coast of CR during his fourth voyage. Subsequently, Spain tried to conquer many times.

It became a Spanish colony in 1563.

Independence from Spain in 1821.

In 1823, he joined the Central American Union.

In 1848, the Republic of Costa Rica was established.

In 2007, it formally established diplomatic relations with China.

Switzerland, known as Central America, is the only country in the world without an army.

It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south and the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean to the east and west.

The plains are mostly distributed along the coast, with many mountains in the middle and a number of volcanoes.

A brief History of Coffee

Coffee was first introduced in 1720 according to CR official data. Baidu sources show that 1729 were imported from Cuba. In short, coffee has taken root in CR in the 18th century. It was first planted in the central valley (central valley).

In the 19th century, the government vigorously promoted coffee cultivation and proposed attractive policies such as "as long as the government is willing to cultivate coffee, the government will allocate land; if it has been cultivated for five years, it can become the owner of the land". As a result, CR became the first country in Central and South America to establish a complete coffee industry. Coffee has surpassed cocoa, tobacco and sucrose to become an important cash crop and a major source of finance.

In 1820, coffee was exported to Panama.

In 1832, coffee was exported to Chile, repackaged in Chile and sold to England.

In 1843, coffee was exported directly to the Kingdom of Britain.

In 1860, coffee was exported to the United States.

Coffee has an important impact on all aspects of CR's economic and social life, including the construction of the first railway line, the first university, the first national theater and so on.

In 2007, COE events began to be held.

Planting in Guanacaster, Costa Rica

The weak acid fertile soil bred by volcano has obvious dry and wet seasons, high temperature and sufficient precipitation, which provides excellent conditions for coffee cultivation.

Coffee variety

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.

Coffee harvesting and processing

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 Rica Guanacaster 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.

Guanacaster producing area of Costa Rica

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 San Marcos and the neighboring Santa Maria areas 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.

Guanacaster Organization of Costa Rica

Costa Rica National Coffee Institute, National Coffee Institute, referred to as iCAFE.