Costa Rica
We buy coffees from a long spine of Costa Rica, running through the country’s capital San José. This spine is famous for high quality coffee production the world over, resulting in high prices for farmers. One of the reasons for this is plentiful high altitude, the Talamanca Sierra runs through the region, with peaks of above 3000 masl. The main spine is split into 3 regions, the West Valley and Central Valley to the north of San José, and Tarrazú to the south. This year, we have also purchased from the Chirripó region for the first time, Tarrazú’s neighbour to the south, and home to Costa Rica’s highest point. In all of these areas, but especially in Tarrazú, agriculture and coffee growing is a main employer, vital to the economy. In fact, the population of Tarrazú is multiplied by three during harvest season, when workers flock to the region for the high wages paid to skilled pickers. The entire spine is mainly of volcanic origin, helping to provide fertile soils conducive to the production of consistently high scoring coffees, which we keep going back for.
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