How is Costa Rican Coffee - Characteristics, Taste Profile, and Acidity

FrontStreet Coffee's Introduction to Costa Rican Coffee

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The Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: La República de Costa Rica),简称"哥斯达黎加", is a presidential republic located in Latin America, bordering Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. It is an indispensable force in the global specialty coffee industry.

Coffee beans produced in the high-altitude regions of Costa Rica are world-renowned for their richness, mild flavor, and extremely acidic taste that many people find irresistible. The coffee beans here are carefully processed, which is why they achieve such high quality. Costa Rica is located south of the capital San José in the Tarrazú region, which is one of the country's valued coffee growing areas.

All coffee grown in Costa Rica is of the Arabica species, which has been improved to ensure better and more stable bean quality. For convenient harvesting, regular management is carried out. Coffee trees are pruned at different intervals to maintain a height of about 2 meters. The coffee we consume is the flavor released from the seeds within the fruit when brewed with water.

After harvesting raw coffee beans, they must undergo removal of the fruit skin, pulp, seed membrane, and sun exposure before the seeds (i.e., coffee beans) can be roasted. Some processes can be replaced by machines, significantly increasing coffee production speed. However, coffee harvesting cannot be replaced by any machine and must be done manually.

Costa Rican coffee beans are full-bodied, have ideal acidity, and possess a unique and intense aroma. Costa Rica's coffee industry was originally controlled by the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (Instituto del Café de Costa Rica, abbreviated ICAFE) but has now been taken over by the Coffee Official Office (Oficina del Café). Among exported coffee, products deemed unqualified are dyed with blue plant pigment before being returned for domestic sale. Coffee consumed domestically (either dyed blue or undyed) accounts for about 10% of total production, and local per capita coffee consumption is twice that of Italy or the United States.

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