Costa Rica is the 14th largest coffee producer in the world, producing almost exclusively Arabica coffee varieties
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Bean Varieties
Bourbon
Catuai
Caturra
Gesha
Mondo Novo
Sarchimor - a hybrid between Timor, Villa Sarchi
Timor - a hybrid of Coffea canephora var. robusta and Coffea arabica
Typica
Villalobos
Villa Sarchi
Costa Rica Coffees
Cartago
Peaberry
Finca las Torres
Pie San
Finca DFragon
Growing Regions
The San Marcos de Tarrazu (Tarrazu) region is located in the interior mountains of Southern Costa Rica with coffee grown on rich volcanic soils between 1,200~1,800 MASL
The West Central Valley, is Costa Rica’s west-most coffee-growing region and produces around twenty-five percent of the country’s total coffee. Coffee altitude ranges between 1,200~1,700 MASL
Just east of the West Valley growing region is Central Valley. Central Valley coffee production makes up around 15% of the country’s coffee production. Growing altitudes are between 1,000~1,200 MASL
Alajuela is located towards the Northern-Central region of Costa Rica and the majority of the coffee is grown between 1,200~1,600 MASL
The Cartago region is almost dead-center of Costa Rica and the region grows it's coffee primarily between 1,200~1,650 MASL
Tres Rios is near the coast of the Pacific Ocean producing bright, sweet coffees between 1,200~1,650 MASL
Heredia (1,300meters)
Guanacaste
Orosi (900 - 1,200 meters)
West Valley (1,200 - 1,650 meters)
Turrialba (600 - 900 meters)
Brunca (800 - 1,200 meters)
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