An introduction to the characteristics of Coffee producing area in Costa Rica

The origin of coffee in Costa Rica:

High-quality Costa Rican coffee is called "extra hard beans". This kind of coffee can grow above 1500 meters above sea level. Altitude has always been a problem for coffee growers. The higher the altitude, the better the coffee beans, not only because the higher altitude can increase the acidity of the coffee beans and thus increase the flavor, but also because the night temperature at the higher altitude is lower, which can make the trees grow slowly, thus making the coffee beans have a stronger flavor. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, is also very beneficial to the growth of coffee trees.

Located in the south of the country's capital, SanJose, Tarasu is one of the most valued coffee growers in the country. LaMinitaTarrazu coffee is a local product, but the production is limited. It is grown on a piece of land called LaMinita, which is owned by the last three generations of the McAlpine family in the UK.

Other coffees worth mentioning are JuanVinas,PR, H.Tournon, Windmill,SHB, Montebello and SantaRosa. Fine coffee is generally grown in Heredia and the central canyon. In addition, another kind of coffee is Sarchi (Saatchi is one of the five towns that represent the Coffee Road in Gosgarica), which grows on the slopes of the PoasVolcano volcano, 53 kilometers from San Jose. Saatchi, founded in 1949, has a land area of 30770 hectares and grows sugar cane and coffee.

The characteristics of Costa Rican coffee:

Tarrazu in Costarica is one of the major coffee producing areas in the world, with a light and pure flavor and pleasant aroma.

Flavor: excellent, smooth, acidic, high grade, with attractive aroma

Suggested baking method: medium, can also be deep baking

★★★: excellent

The market for Costa Rican coffee:

Coffee exports account for 25% of Costa Rica's total exports. Costa Rica has also benefited from the establishment of the Central American Institute for Agricultural Research (TurrialbaoftheCentralAmericanAgriculturalResearchlnstitute, referred to as IAAC) in Tarasu, which is an important international research centre.

Costa Rica's coffee industry, originally controlled by the Costa Rican Coffee Industry Company (InstitutodelCafedeCostaRica, ICAFE), has been taken over by the official Coffee Committee (OficinadelCafe). Among the exported coffee, those products that are considered to be of substandard quality are colored with blue vegetable dyes and then transferred back to China for sale. Coffee consumed domestically (dyed blue or last dyed) accounts for about 10% of total production, and local per capita coffee consumption is twice that of Italy or the United States.

In addition, while Costa Rica has many advantages in growing coffee at higher elevations, the resulting additional transport costs must be taken into account, which is likely to make coffee production unprofitable. The coffee industry in Costa Rica has adopted new technologies to increase efficiency, including the use of "electric eyes" to select beans and identify coffee beans of irregular size.