
Origin Update: Costa Rica
How Does Costa Rican Coffee Maintain Sustainable Prices in a Low Market?
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How Does Costa Rican Coffee Maintain Sustainable Prices in a Low Market?
As harvest was drawing to a close in Central America, it was time for us to pack the essentials, get the cameras ready and polish the cupping spoons. Check out our 1 week adventure in Costa Rica below!
In the eternal quest for ‘better’ coffee, there are many labels applied to raw beans to get our attention, Shade-Grown being the most recent, but is this really better for the environment and produce a better cup?
Robusta has been banned from Costa Rica for 30 years to protect the nation's crops from the coffee borer beetle, but since the beetle has now been present for some years, that ban may be overturned.
The widely reported El Nino phenomenon has prompted a wave of dry weather across Central and South America.