Growing Organic coffee beans in Costa Rica

!±8± Growing Organic coffee beans in Costa Rica

Coffee cultivation in the mountains of Costa Rica is something special. We are a small producer of organic gourmet coffee beans. The company is located at 3600 meters in the mountains south-west of Lake Arenal in the east of the province of Guanacaste. It 'really a wonderful environment for the cultivation of organic coffee in Costa Rica.We King' just below the "cloud forest", so we have only a little 'less and so do not plant, grow a little' slower. Organically grown beans well in full sun, so that theThe clouds are welcome. We have to help plant a variety of low-growing trees that shade the plants. Several types of bananas are very popular. Therefore, "shade grown" is the concept. It 'a lot of work to grow as a less intensive non-organic coffee beans organic beans for about 12% of the bill Costa Rican production.

Mountain coffee growing need for more work. The coffee is grown in small plots on steep slopes to accommodate the land and the land should be terraced. You have the terrace of the ground for two reasons:Most obviously, the enormous amount of runoff during the rainy season can be accepted. The other reason is to navigate the steep slopes of the collectors. Your income depends on how much to take them. It uses "cajuela", which is a bit 'more than fifteen liters will be paid. A selector can efficiently fill six or seven "cajuelas one working day. Each" cajuela "is worth about 800 colones, or $ 1.70.

What happens when the beans mature

Beans as soon as the rainy season ends mature. Ina normal year, in November. Unfortunately, not all are ripe for the beans at the same time, so that each plant will have four or five times in the season to review. Coffee beans contain many compounds other than sugar and treatment should be initiated promptly to avoid excessive fermentation. After removing the fruit by washing the beans and about 80% sugar, the beans are air dried to 11 percent moisture and then "rested" for a minimum of 30 days.

After the period of "rest",another hard layer of parchment is removed from the beans and coffee beans are ready to send our warehouse. The beans are roasted, if necessary, and immediately delivered to our customers. The flavor is best reward for the efforts of many people. Growing organic coffee beans in Costa Rica is very rewarding.