Introduction to the characteristic varieties of Costa Rican Coffee Flavor Manor

Coffee is an important source of income for Costa Rica, introduced in 1808 and cultivated for 200 years. Costa Rica has a third of the population devoted to coffee

Coffee beans related industries, Costa Ricans say, coffee has changed the country, can enjoy a rich environment, coffee indeed outstanding contribution; although Costa Rica's land area is the third lowest in Central America, but the economic environment is better than half of the countries, but also because of the rich people, social stability, but also spare energy to care about environmental issues, Costa Rica has more than 30 national parks.

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's volcanic soils are fertile and well drained, especially in the Central Plateau, where the soil consists of successive layers of ash and dust. Costa Rica was thus the first country in Central America to grow coffee and bananas for commercial value. Coffee and bananas are the country's main exports.

Located about 30 kilometers northeast of Costa Rica's capital San Jose, the research center is part of the Costa Rican Coffee Association, Costa Rica's national coffee breed.

The newly developed villa sarchi is a research institute for planting, breeding and quality inspection. In addition, it has 10 hectares of experimental fields planted with several excellent varieties. Coffee is Costa Rica's main agricultural product, with an annual output of more than 2 million bags (60 kg) and an export earnings of 250 million US dollars, second only to pineapples and bananas.

In Costa Rica, Arabica coffee trees are grown, improved, the quality of coffee beans is better and more stable; in order to facilitate picking, coffee trees are continuously pruned to maintain a height of about 2 meters; people eat coffee is the fruit of the seeds released by water brewing flavor. After picking the green coffee beans, the seeds (i.e. coffee beans) can be roasted only after removing the peel, pulp, seed membrane and sunlight exposure. Now some processes can be replaced by machines, and the speed of coffee production has increased a lot. However, there is no machine to pick coffee. You must use artificial coffee. Other types of Brazilian coffee such as Rio and Parana do not need too much care and can be produced in large quantities. Although the taste is rough, it is a kind of coffee with good quality and low price. Because it is distributed all over the country, its solid quality varies, and has its own standard (NO.2~NO.8 according to the amount of impurities, NO.13~NO.19 according to the size of beans, divided into six grades according to taste). Almost all Arabica varieties are of good quality and stable prices, the most famous being Costa Rica, which has been a necessity for blended coffee since ancient times and is familiar to the public.

Excellent Costa Rican coffee is known as "extra hard beans" and can grow at altitudes above 1500 meters. Altitude has always been a problem for coffee growers. The higher the altitude, the better the beans, not only because higher altitudes increase the acidity of the beans and thus enhance the flavor, but also because the lower night temperatures at higher altitudes can slow down the growth of trees and thus enhance the flavor of the beans. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, coffee tree growth is very favorable. The negative effect, however, is to increase the additional cost of transportation, which may well make coffee production unprofitable. Costa Rican coffee has adopted new techniques to increase efficiency, including using "electric eyes" to select beans and identify beans of irregular size