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Quick Facts
All the facts about our Costa Rica SHB EP La Pastora Tarrazú
| Region | San Marcos de Tarrazu |
|---|---|
| Producer | Cooperative Terrazu |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Category | Regional |
| Harvest | from October to March |
| Shipping | from February to May |
| Unit | BigBag à 1.000kg |
Costa Rica
La Pastora Tarrazú
washed
The La Pastora comes from the Coope Tarrazu RL. The Cooperative was founded in 1960 from
228 small coff ee farmers. Today they are one of the famous coff ee exporters in Costa Rica.
Reason for that is the good quality! This crop they work together with 3000 producers/ members;
more then 80% of the farmers just have 4 hectares or less. The Cooperative helps his
members with credits, technical service, fertilizers and much more.
Background
Today we have 250 wet mills in Costa Rica; just some years ago we had 100. Reason for that
is that farmers like to take care for the quality as long as they can. More then the half of the
coff ee crop are exported to the USA. Over 1 million tourist from the USA visit Costa Rica; most
interesting region is Tarrazu (also for the European).
Origin
Specialty coffee from Costa Rica
Varieties
Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Villa Sarchi, Bourbon & Gesha
Processing methods
washed, natural, honey
Altitude range
1100-1800 masl
Harvest
typically October - March
Total yearly production
1.7 million bags
Coffee was planted in Costa Rica in the late 1700s, and it was the first Central American country to have a fully established coffee industry; by the 1820s, coffee was a major agricultural export with great economic significance to the population. National output was greatly increased by the completion of a main road to Puntarenas in 1846, allowing farmers to more readily bring their coffee from their farms to market in oxcarts – which remained the way most small farmers transported their coffee until the 1920s.
Main production areas: Tarrazú, Brunca, Guanacaste, West Valley, Central Valley, Turrialba, Orosi
Port of Shipment: Puerto Limón
Export bag size: 69kg
Total number of coffee farmers: about 65.000
Regional
Costa Rica SHB EP La Pastora Tarrazú
| Region | San Marcos de Tarrazu |
|---|---|
| Producer | Cooperative Terrazu |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Harvest | from October to March |
| Shipping | from February to May |
| Unit | BigBag à 1.000kg |
The La Pastora comes from the Coope Tarrazu RL. The Cooperative was founded in 1960 from
228 small coff ee farmers. Today they are one of the famous coff ee exporters in Costa Rica.
Reason for that is the good quality! This crop they work together with 3000 producers/ members;
more then 80% of the farmers just have 4 hectares or less. The Cooperative helps his
members with credits, technical service, fertilizers and much more.
Background
Today we have 250 wet mills in Costa Rica; just some years ago we had 100. Reason for that
is that farmers like to take care for the quality as long as they can. More then the half of the
coff ee crop are exported to the USA. Over 1 million tourist from the USA visit Costa Rica; most
interesting region is Tarrazu (also for the European).
