Costa Rican Coffee (#)

  „Costa Rica has set the standards for fine wet-processed coffee for the rest of Central and South America.  The most famous coffees by region are Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Herediá, and Alajuela.  Most Costa Rican coffee comes from a hybrid called caturra and is characterized as bright and full bodied.  Other popular varieties are Mondo Novo and Catuai.  The best coffees, which are grown above 3,900 feet, are designated as "strictly hard bean".  The "good hard bean" classification is given to coffees grown from 3,300 to 3,900 feet.“

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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: La Doka Estate - Costa Rican Coffee

  „1 person recommended Costa Rica: The Last Country The Gods Made in addition to La Doka Estate - Costa Rican Coffee“

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Tea & Coffee 05/04 - Hunting for Specialty in Costa Rica

  „The good co-operatives are working on this. About 40% of Costa Rican coffee now goes through co-operatives, and the British party was interested to find how hard the co-ops were working to change the individual farmer’s idea of what coffee could do. They are having some success, and their farmers are reasonably well off, and looking forward to the next internet auctions in May. Last year, the best coffee fetched $10.35 per pound, which had an encouraging effect on individual farmers.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/01 - World News

  „SANTOS, BRAZIL - Coffees of the World, Inc. has been formed by an alliance of U.S.-based All World Coffee with the Costa Rican firm, Panamerican Coffee Trading Co. and the Canadian based trade house, All Gold Coffee Inc.“

http://www.teaandcoffee.net/0601/world.htm - Cached

Global Exchange : Activist Network

  „I want to learn more about the supply side of fair trade coffee when I'm in Central America. Do you have any Costa Rican contacts or information on Costa Rican farmers who grow free trade coffee? I'm most interested in the interaction between people and their environment and I think I'd like to do an independent project on some specific aspect of the biological implications of organically grown coffee. I know organic does not necessarily mean fair trade coffee, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bit of overlap.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/activists/ 141.html - Cached

View topic - Green Bean Coffee Supplier - Coffee Forum

  „The only way you can get down around 1.25/lb green is if your using the lessor quality coffees from central america or others. Even if you're buying in larger quantities a good Costa Rican Tarrazu is around $1.60, a great Tarrazu is around $3/lb. Yemen's around $4, Kenya AA is around $2. My point is that you can't say somethings to high if you don't even know what it's made of.“

http://www.coffeeforums.com/ viewtopic.php?p=2203 - Cached

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