The quality of Tarasu honey treatment in Costa Rica is difficult to control.

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Honey treatment method

The quality of the sun-drying method is difficult to control, while the water-washing method consumes a lot of water, with an average of 10-20 tons of water per ton of coffee fruit to produce about 200 kilograms of coffee beans, which countries with poor water resources cannot afford. In the 1990s, taking advantage of the unique dry climate, Brazil invented the peeling and tanning method (pulped natural).

Coffee seeds are the products obtained by removing the peel, pulp, silver skin and endocarp, that is, the coffee beans we use to grind and brew.

The sun drying process is to directly expose the whole coffee fruit; washing is to remove the peel, pulp, pectin and so on before drying; peel drying and honey treatment is the middle treatment between the two.

Tarrazu in Costa Rica is one of the major coffee producing areas in the world. The coffee produced is light and pure in flavor and pleasant in aroma. Costa Rica, with its fertile volcanic soil and good drainage, is the first country in Central America to grow coffee and bananas for commercial value. Coffee and bananas are the country's main exports. Coffee was introduced into Costa Rica from Cuba in 1729 and today its coffee industry is one of the most well-organized industries in the world with a yield of 1700 kg per hectare. Costa Rica, with a population of only 3.5 million, has 400 million coffee trees, and coffee exports account for 25 per cent of the country's total exports. Costa Rica has also benefited from the establishment of the Central American Institute for Agricultural Research (Turrialba of the Central American Agricultural Research Institute, referred to as IAAC) in Tarasu, which is an important international research centre.

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