Introduction of Costa Rican coffee producing areas with extremely hard beans above 1500 meters above sea level

The volcanic soils of the region are fertile and well drained, making it 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 to Costa Rica from Cuba in 1729, and today its coffee industry is one of the most well-organized in the world, producing up to 1700 kilograms per hectare. Costa Rica has a population of 3.5 million, but coffee trees number 400 million, and coffee exports account for 25% of the country's total exports. Costa Rica also benefits from the Turrialba of the Central American Agricultural Research Institute (IAAC) in Tarazu, an important international research centre. Super hard beans High-quality Costa Rican coffee is called "super hard beans" and can grow at altitudes above 1500 meters. Altitude has always been a problem for coffee growers. Coffee beans are better at higher altitudes, not only because higher altitudes increase the acidity of coffee beans and thus enhance flavor, but also because lower night temperatures at higher altitudes cause trees to grow slowly, thus making coffee beans more flavorful. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, the growth of coffee trees is also very favorable. However, while there are many advantages to growing coffee at higher altitudes, the additional transportation costs associated with it must be taken into account, which may well make coffee production unprofitable. Costa Rican coffee has adopted new technologies to increase efficiency, including the use of "electric eyes" to select beans and identify beans of irregular size.

In Costa Rica, coffee berries are unloaded from cattle carts. Tarasu, south of San José, is one of the country's most prized coffee plantations. La Minita Tarrazu coffee is locally famous but produced in limited quantities, about 72600 kilograms a year, on land called La Minita, owned by nearly three generations of the McAlpine family in Britain. In fact, the land produces more than 450 tons of coffee per year. But Tara Sulama's coffee cultivation did not

Costa Rica uses artificial fertilizers or pesticides, and its harvesting and selection are done entirely by hand, in order to avoid some of the damage caused to coffee beans by air spray selection. Other varieties worth mentioning include Juan Vinas (PR), H.Tournon, Windmill (SHB), Montebello and Santa Rosa. Fine coffee is grown in Geredia and the Central Valley. Another striking coffee is Sarchi (one of five towns that represent Costa Rica's "coffee route"), which grows on the slopes of Poas Volcano, 53 kilometers from San Jose. Saatchi was founded in 1949 and has 30770 hectares of land to grow sugar cane and coffee. The area is also known for its handicrafts, attracting tourists from all over the world.