Characteristics of Central American producing areas | famous boutique coffee producing area of Tarazu Coffee, Costa Rica

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Costa Rica is located in the volcanic belt of the low latitudes of Central America, with the central plateau and mountains about 800 to 2000 meters above sea level.

The climate here has two obvious dry and wet seasons. The harvest period is from November to March of the following year, which coincides with the dry season, and coffee fruits of high quality and consistent maturity can be harvested. The dry season also provides sunshine conditions for the sun treatment, ensuring adequate precipitation in the rainy season. The fertile and well-drained pozzolanic soil provides sufficient nutrients for coffee growth, coupled with the growth advantage of high altitude, which has become a prerequisite for the breeding of high-quality coffee in Costa Rica.

Among the many excellent producing areas in Costa Rica, there is a famous producing area-Tarazu (Tarrazu), also known as Tarasu. Tarazhu is very famous in the world of boutique coffee and is one of the major coffee producing areas in the world. In the 2014 COE competition, of the 23 beans on the list, 17 came from Tarasu. Tarasu is located in the fertile volcanic region of Central America, which has a humid climate and fertile volcanic soil, abundant rainfall throughout the year, high altitude, and dense forest natural shade, providing a unique growth environment for coffee growth.

Pesticides or artificial fertilizers are not used in the planting process. Nearly 95% of the coffee beans produced in Tarazhu Alpine are very hard beans (SHB), which generally grow above 1500 meters above sea level.

At present, the Tarazhu Cooperative has 26 member estates. Among them, Raminita Manor, which is one of the most famous coffee farms in Tarazu. La Minita produces about 1 million pounds of coffee beans a year, and after the entire estate produces coffee beans that are carefully selected to remove defects, only 15 per cent of the coffee beans can bear the mark of the Laminita estate, while the rest enter the coffee market. But the prices of these coffees entering the market are still higher than those of other beans produced in Central America. Raminita's strict management of all aspects of coffee production has established a world-class reputation and can be called a world-renowned coffee farm.

Knowledge: 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.

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