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„The excellence of Costa Rican coffee can be enjoyed in seven different ways, given that the country has many different coffee-producing zones. The special traits of the coffee produced in each of these zones are famous worldwide. Costa Rica's advantageous climate enables it to produce enough coffee varieties to satisfy every taste.“
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„Coffee did not simply transform the Costa Rican economy and its landscape, it also changed consumer behavior and working patterns. The development of a taste for coffee was, perhaps, a reflection of the democratic society that was being forged. In the words of historians Peters and Samper, "Drinking coffee became a ritual of Costa Rican society, a society that was free of economic and social distinctions; everyone drank it, from the simplest farmer or laborer to the most prominent politician."“
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„The Chamber's advocacy has been fundamental to the public image of the coffee sector, inasmuch as its members also belong to the Costa Rican Union of Private-Sector Chambers and Associations (Unión Costarricense de Cámaras y Asociaciones de la Empresa Privada - UCCAEP) and to the National Chamber of Agriculture and Agro-industry (Cámara Nacional de Agricultura y Agroindustria).“
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„The history books tells us that Father Felix Velarde was the first Costa Rican coffee grower; his will, dated 1816, refers to a plot of land on which coffee had been planted. Tradition has it that he bequeathed the seeds to his neighbors, inviting them to plant them. His suggestion must have taken hold, because the first recorded export of Costa Rican coffee, a one-hundred pound shipment to Panama, took place in 1820.“
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„Today, the roasting sector is a consolidated chain which produces the Costa Rican coffee and plays an important role, because it is related to the other sectors of the coffee activity, when receiving the product from the mills and processing it, in order to be commercialized it in the internal market or to export it ground.“
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„This is so because this country exports 90% of the coffee it produces, and coffee sales account for 15% of total exports. Costa Rican exporters are known for their thorough knowledge of the product and their determination to make sure that connoisseurs around the world always show a keen interest in Costa Rican coffee.“
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