Costa Rican coffee has changed, so give some a try.Coffee production has changed for producers out of this region trying to keep up with the growing market.Because of the growning trend of small coffee mills, the variety of flavors coming from this region is even larger.
If you already love Costa Rica coffee, no doubt it’s for the extremely mild, some say perfect, coffee flavor.Well balanced flavor that is very mild with no bitterness has been a steady trait for this coffee.Some have long considered coffee from this region to be fairly bland or boring.And some of the huge coffee-producing farms and mills did make an effort to produce a coffee that would please almost every coffee drinker.
These coffees were typically made from your average Arabica beans and produced on a mass scale.Today, smaller mills are gaining in popularity.The Costa Rica beans harvested from these small farms are controlled by the mill ownerl and blended with others ro make a distince flavoe. Even on a small farm envinronmental factors such as soil drainage, and elevation factor into taste diffferences.Combined, this explains the range of different flavors that result from different roasting temperaturs and times.
The quality and flavor of a coffee is strongly related to the process it goes through. Signature processes or blending created different micro-brans of Costa Rican coffee. The region has been producing coffee since the late 18th century, with the first type of coffee grown there having come from Saudi Arabia—Arabica coffee. It wasn’t long before coffee became Costa Rica’s largest exported crop, outselling even tobacco, sugar and cacao.
The Costa Rica coffee designed to remain in the country rather than be exported is tinted to distinguish it, and falls under government price regulations so that it’s much cheaper than the coffee that’s exported to the rest of the world. Workers are typically immigrants from nearby countries like Nicaragua, and the best workers still only make between $12 and $18 per day, depending on how many baskets they pick.Because the wages are set by the government, a Costa Rican seasonal worker makes a pretty good living compated to other agricultural workers in the area.
The resurgance of Costa Rica coffee has grown world-side. If you’re a big fan of Arabica and Arabica blends, you might find that your new favorite type of mild and well-balanced coffee is indeed Costa Rica coffee.