Costa Rica of 53 Coffee Origin in the World

Costa Rica, with its fertile volcanic soil and good drainage, is the first country in Central America to grow coffee and bananas for commercial value. Coffee and bananas are the country's main exports.

Coffee was introduced into Costa Rica from Cuba in 1729 and today its coffee industry is one of the most well-organized industries in the world with a yield of 1700 kg per hectare. Costa Rica has only 3.5 million people but 400m coffee trees, and coffee exports account for 25 per cent of the country's total exports. Costa Rica has also benefited from the establishment of the Central American Institute for Agricultural Research (Turrialba of the Central American Agricultural Research Institute, referred to as IAAC) in Tarasu, which is an important international research centre. Overall, Costa Rican coffee is full of particles, rich in acidity and unique and strong flavor.

High-quality Costa Rican coffee is called "extra hard beans", which can grow at an altitude of more than 1500 meters. The higher the altitude, the better the coffee beans, not only because the higher altitude can increase the acidity of the coffee beans and thus increase the flavor, but also because the night temperature at the higher altitude is lower, which can make the trees grow slowly, thus making the coffee beans have a stronger flavor. In addition, due to the high altitude drop caused by sufficient rainfall, is also very beneficial to the growth of coffee trees, but high altitude will increase the cost of picking and transportation. Costa Rica's coffee industry has adopted new technologies to increase efficiency, including the use of "electric eyes" to select beans and identify irregular coffee beans.

Tarrazu in Costa Rica is one of the major coffee producing areas in the world. The coffee produced is light and pure in flavor and pleasant in aroma. Located south of the country's capital, San Jos é, Tarasu is one of the most valued coffee growers in the country. La Minita Tarrazu coffee is a famous local product, but produces a limited amount of about 72600 kilograms a year. It is grown on a piece of land called "Lamini" (La Minita), which is owned by the last three generations of the McAlpine family in England. In fact, this land can produce more than 450 tons of coffee a year. Lamini coffee is grown without artificial fertilizers or pesticides, and harvesting and selection are done by hand to avoid some damage to coffee beans caused by air spray selection.

Other coffees worth mentioning are Juan Vinas,PR, H.Tournon, Windmill,SHB, Monte bello and Ssnta Rosa. Fine coffee is generally grown in Geredia and the central canyon. Another striking type of coffee is Sarchi (one of the five towns that represent Costa Rica's Coffee Road), which grows on the slopes of the Poas Volcano volcano, 53km from San Jose. Founded in 1949, Saatchi has a land area of 30770 hectares and grows sugar cane and coffee. The area is also famous for its handicrafts, attracting tourists from all over the world.

The country's coffee industry, originally controlled by the Costa Rican coffee industry company Instituto del Caf é de Costa Rica (ICAFE), has been taken over by the official Coffee Committee (Oficina del Caf é). The products that are considered to be of substandard quality in the exported coffee are colored with blue vegetable dyes and then sold back to China. Coffee consumed domestically (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.

[reference Reading: 53 Coffee producers around the World]

1. Costa Rica Costa Rica 2. Cuba Cuba

3. Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

4. Ei Salvador El Salvador

5. Guadeloupe Guadeloupe

6. Guatemala Guatemala

7. Haiti Haiti

8. Honduras Honduras

9. Jamaica Jamaica

10. Martinique Martinique Island

11. Mexico Mexico

12. Nicaragua Nicaragua

13. Panama Panama

14. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

15. Bolivia Bolivia

16. Brazil Brazil

17. Colombia Colombia

18. Ecuador Ecuador

19. Galapagos Islands Galapagos Islands

20. Peru Peru

21. Surinam Suriname

twenty-two。 Venezuela Venezuela

23. Angola Angola

24. Burundi Burundi

25. Cameroon Cameroon

twenty-six。 Ethiopia Ethiopia

twenty-seven。 Coted'Ivoire C ô te d'Ivoire

twenty-eight。 Kenya Kenya

twenty-nine。 Madagascar Madagascar

thirty。 Mozambique Mozambique

thirty-one。 Rwanda Rwanda

thirty-two。 St.Helena St. Helena Island

thirty-three。 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe

thirty-four。 South africa South Africa

thirty-five。 Sudan Sudan

thirty-six。 Tanzania Tanzania

thirty-seven。 Uganda Uganda

thirty-eight。 Yemen Yemen

thirty-nine。 Zaire Zaire

forty。 Zmbia Zambia

forty-one。 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

forty-two。 China China

forty-three。 India India

forty-four。 Indonesia Indonesia

forty-five。 La Reunion Reunion

forty-six。 Philipines Philippines

forty-seven。 Taiwan Taiwan of China

forty-eight。 Vietnaam Vietnam

forty-nine。 Australia Australia

fifty。 Hawail Hawaii

fifty-one。 New Caledonia New Kridonia Island

fifty-two。 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

fifty-three。 Taihiti Tahiti