How does SHB grade coffee beans? Costa Rican coffee bean grading system is above sea level.

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Introduction to the grading system of Qianjie-Costa Rica

The Republic of Costa Rica (Rep ú blica de Costa Rica), a republic of Latin America, bordering Nicaragua in the north and Panama in the south, is the first country in the world without an army, with its capital in San Jose. Costa Rica is the second smallest country in Central America. Located between Nicaragua and Panama, its name means "Beautiful Coast".

Costa Rica has a unique natural environment, fertile volcanic ash, mild and suitable temperature, stable and abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine during the day, and a significant temperature difference between day and night. Coffee is one of the factors that make coffee one of the main agricultural products in Costa Rica. They also produce different grades of raw coffee beans, from commercial Arabica beans to coffee beans from the Outstanding Cup Coffee Competition (COE) to the temple-level geisha coffee variety (Geisha), plus numerous post-processing methods of white, yellow, red and black, which are dazzling.

However, with the evolution of boutique coffee, the norms of large producing areas can no longer meet the curiosity of high-quality coffee lovers, resulting in more and more micro-areas, small estates of small batches have been excavated.

Grading:

Costa Rican coffee beans are graded according to altitude.

SHB "extremely hard beans": coffee beans that grow more than 1200 meters above sea level.

HB hard beans: coffee beans that grow between 1000 and 1200 meters above sea level.

SH slightly hard beans: coffee beans growing below 1000 meters above sea level.

Altitude always represents the quality of coffee, and high altitude means better quality. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, is very beneficial to the growth of coffee trees; and high altitude night temperature is low, resulting in slow growth of trees, so that coffee fruit better absorb more nutrients, coffee flavor is also richer. Although Costa Rica has won the recognition of coffee gluttons through honey-treated coffee beans, it is also closely related to Costa Rica's superior geographical and climatic conditions, and the selection of Arabica varieties of coffee.

Knowledge: at the end of the 18th century: Costa Rica was the first country in Central America to fully establish a coffee industry.

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