Costa Rica Coffee Farm: Gourmet Coffee At Its Finest

Costa Rica Coffee Farm :The average Costa Rica Coffee farm: The Finest Gourmet Coffee Available

Regardless of whether their coffee farms are large or small, the fact is that Costa Rica's coffee growers are all faithful to the land. Some are weathered by the sun, some are visionary entrepreneurs, some are political activists, some are even statesmen. Thanks to the values instilled in them by their campesino heritage, they have taken on numerous and complex commitments which call for perseverance in order to achieve a balance between running a successful business and maintaining high standards of quality on each and every coffee farm in the country. Cautious but not fearful, Tico coffee growers have worked hard to gain the necessary know-how to achieve the high yields for which they are known. They use hybrid varieties and apply appropriate pruning methods and pest-control strategies without losing sight of the need to preserve the natural ecological balance. Ninety-two percent of Costa Rica's coffee growers have less than 12 acres of coffee plantation; as a whole, their farms account for 44% of the total coffee-growing area of the country. Six percent have between 12 and 50 acres, representing 21% of the total coffee-growing area, and 2% have plantations of over 50 acres, representing 35% of the land planted in coffee.Coffee growers mostly plant short, high-yield crops such as Caturra and Cataui, which account for over 90% of the coffee grown in the country. The planting density recommended and applied by around 90% of growers is 5.5 feet between rows and 2.75 feet between plants. This allows for an average population of 7,000 plants per hectare (about 2,834 per acre). About the Author

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