Coffee has been grown in Costa Rica since the early 19th century. When the Country’s independence from Spain was declared in 1821, the municipal government gave away free coffee seeds to encourage production and records show there were around seventeen thousand trees in Costa Rica at that point.
Source: “The World Atlas of Coffee” Second Edition, Author James Hoffmann.
Capital: San José
Population: 5’200’000
Annual Production: 1.4 million 60kg Bags
Land under Coffee: 22’000 Hectares
Harvest: July – March
Coffee Varieties: Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Villa Sarchi, Bourbon, Gesha, Villalobos
Tasting Profile: Very Light Body – Very Clean – Sweet
Growing Altitude: Central Standard / High Grown / Strictly High Grown
(700 m – 1900 m / 2300 ft – 6200 ft)
Processing Method: Wet (Washed)