coffee plantation
coffee trees
Coffee depulping station
pealed coffee beans
sun-drying coffee beans for best quality
Costa Rica Hacienda Real
UTZ Certified
Turrialba, Costa Rica
The coffee tour was given by Tyron Arce. Coffee is originally from Ethiopia and arrived in America in 1720, 88 years later, coffee arrived in Costa Rica. Although today, pineapple production is Costa Rica's biggest export, coffee is the most important export. Costa Rica produces only 100% Arabic coffee, pure and natural. Costa Rica Hacienda Real follows sustainable farming and harvesting practices. Hacienda Real holds a certification from UTZ, which monitors sustainable farming of coffee, cocoa and tea.
Coffee season in the Turrialba Vallery is approximately from August to February. Once a bean is planted it takes about a month and two weeks for it to become a plant. According to the tour guide, coffee can produce good levels of coffee for approximately 20 to 30 years. The full transformation process includes picking the riped coffee beans, coffee reception and measurement, depulping, fermenting, drying, storage, husking and grading, and roasting. At Hacienda Real coffee is naturally sun dried, the drying the process is the most important stage of the process, since it affects the quality of the green coffee.
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