[adsense] (Photo courtesy of Starbucks.Com) Starbucks is purchasing a 240 hectare farm in Costa Rica with the intentions of turning it into a global agronomy research and development center in order to help strengthen climate change mitigation and create a long term crop stability program. They also support a billion dollar commitment to only buy 100 percent ethically … [Read more...]
Coffee Exports from Costa Rica Have Fallen by 2.5%
[adsense] The first signs of some big export problems from El Salvador and Costa Rica, two of the hardest hit countries by the 'leaf rust' epidemic, are unfortunately starting to rear their head. During the first installment of the 2012-2013 harvest between October and January, nine different Latin American countries, excluding Brazil, reported an increase of 11.9% … [Read more...]
National Emergency Declared in Guatemala
[adsense] On Friday, Guatemala's president, Otto Molina Perez, declared a national emergency due to the continuing spread of 'leaf rust' on the country's coffee plants. The plant disease has hit almost all other Central American countries, but has wiped out about 70 percent of Guatemala's crop. In an effort to help the situation and the struggling farmers, the … [Read more...]
Rising Coffee Container Theft in Costa Rica
[adsense] Costa Rican coffee exporters are teaming up to fight the recent 3 million dollar losses they experienced, they believe due to organized crime. For the past year, gangs have been stealing containers full of coffee, more than 18 of them to date. Containers are being stolen either just as they leave loading docks, at storage warehouses, on roads, etc. What's … [Read more...]
How to Brew With a Chorreador
Tweet [adsense] In Costa Rica they really know how to make coffee. The most popular method of brewing coffee in Costa Rica is with a chorreador, which coincidentally is also one of the easiest methods of brewing ever invented - minus just pouring everything into a drip-brew coffee machine and pressing start. We hear from anyone that has ever visited Costa Rica that drinking … [Read more...]