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LaMinitaTarrazu coffee is a famous local product, but its production is limited, about 72600 kilograms a year. It is grown on a piece of land called LaMinita, which is owned by nearly three generations of the McAlpine family in the UK. In fact, this land can produce more than 450 tons of coffee a year. But Tarasu Latin America coffee is grown without artificial fertilizers or insecticides, and its harvesting and selection are done by hand, in order to avoid some damage to coffee beans caused by air spray selection.

Other coffees worth mentioning are JuanVinas,PR, H.Tournon, Windmill,SHB, Montebello and SsntaRosa. Fine coffee is generally grown in Geredia and the central canyon. Another striking type of coffee is Sarchi (one of the five towns that represent Costa Rica's Coffee Road), which grows on the slopes of the PoasVolcano volcano, 53km from San Jose. Saatchi, founded in 1949, has a land area of 30770 hectares and grows sugar cane and coffee. The area is also famous for its handicrafts, attracting tourists from all over the world

The flavor of Costa Rica has always been steady, without the sharpness of Guatemala, it is quite mild and supple, sour, sweet and bitter chocolate, inclusive and well-balanced, is the classic flavor of gourmet coffee. The seven major coffee producing areas are as follows: Durieba Valley (northeast of the capital San Jose), Central Valley (northwest of San Jose), Western Valley (west of the capital), Sanhe District (east side of the capital), Blanca (southeast of the capital), Orosi (north of the capital), Tarazu (south of the capital). Among them, the Central Valley, Tarazhu and Sanhe producing areas are the most famous. In principle, the quality of coffee sloping towards the Pacific is better than that facing the Atlantic. In the 2007 Costa Rica Cup Test Competition, the champion farm Serobado was located in the Tarazu producing area south of San Jose, but the Central Valley also performed well, with two to four from the city of Naranhe. Sanhe District seems to have been left out.

The strict management of Laminita Farm in Tarazhu production area has established a world-class reputation and is popular in European and American markets for most of the century. It can be called a world-famous coffee farm. Lamini Tower means "small gold mine". Before the Spanish colonization, the Indians used to dig gold in the present farm location, which can be described as a blessed land. Raminita produces about 1 million pounds of coffee beans a year, and after selection to remove defects (more than 70% eliminated), only 290000 pounds of high-end products are sold to the boutique market, which is not a false name. The coffee of Gai Manor is famous for its sour aromas of apple and citrus, rich milk and truffle, and delicate taste of silk, about 1200-1700 meters above sea level. In addition, Sanhe District is also a famous producing area. The Yilazhu volcano and rivers not far to the east of the capital form an excellent microclimate zone, but in recent years, the urban area has gradually extended to the suburbs, and agricultural land has been sold to developers, resulting in a sharp decline in coffee production in Sanhe area. the output is almost half of which is contracted by Starbucks, and it is not easy for the industry to buy. Aquez Grass, a famous farm in this area, has been adhering to it since 1857. It has a long history, bright acidity, soft and unsharp fruit, nuts, flower-scented taffy and sweet fragrance, which is the characteristic of coffee in this area.

Costa Rica's coffee skills are very high, regardless of breeding, planting or post-processing (washing, half-sun) is enough for all producing countries to learn from. However, the supply of famous producing areas falls short of demand, and unscrupulous operators often mix them with high-quality beans in other second-rate producing areas, and the producing areas hundreds of miles away from Tarazhu also dare to fish in troubled waters in the name of Tarazhu, so they have to be careful.

Costa Rican coffee generally uses moderate roasting techniques to reflect the neutral acidity and aroma of coffee beans, and the coffee produced after roasting reflects the state of large grains.

Although the taste is relatively rough, it can be regarded as a kind of high-quality and inexpensive coffee, which has its own standard because it is distributed all over the country and its solid quality varies (NO.2~NO.8 according to the number of sundries, NO.13~NO.19 according to the size of beans, and six grades according to taste). Almost all Arabica varieties are of good quality and stable in price. The most famous one is Costa Rica, which has been a necessity of blended coffee and is familiar to the public since ancient times.

Excellent 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 the flavor of the coffee beans is stronger. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, it is very beneficial to the growth of coffee trees. However, its negative effect is to increase additional transportation costs, which is likely to make coffee production unprofitable. The coffee industry in Costa Rica has adopted new technologies to increase efficiency, including using "electric eyes" to select beans and identify coffee beans of irregular size.

Tarasu, located in the south of the country's capital, SanJos é, is one of the country's most valued coffee growers.