Costa Rica Coffee

I’m headed to Costa Rica for an unrealted-to-coffee-business-trip, but on the coffee-related side of things… I’m going to try every cup of gourmet Costa Rica Coffee. Or at least, as many as I can get my hands on.

Photo: FreeWine from Flickr

I won’t be around too many cafes because I’ll be with my client TCC Adventures working on their six-day adventure/ultra marathon. I’ll be in the remote and dry Northwestern coast and volcanic regions, inland lakes, windswept highlands, jungle and tropical dry forest. The course is set in Costa Rica’s driest area.
 Terrain: jungle and rainforest trails, rough and winding dirt roads, farm roads and some asphalt; mountain trail and some single track across ridgelines, passes and highlands; beaches and rocky outcroppings or reefs, dry tropical forest and rainforest, open lands including river/water crossings and more…

I’ve learned a lot this morning about Costa Rica coffee from Costa Rica Coffee Shop. Apparently coffee dates back pretty far in history for the Costa Ricans. In fact, on their site they say:

“In July 2008, Costa Rica celebrated its 200 years of coffee production; it’s been the backbone of Costarican economy since the 1850s. The national government believed in the importance of this bean to such extent that it’s been called Costa Rica’s – Grano de Oro – or grain of gold since then. This millenary tree, which roots go as far back as 10th Century Ethiopia or – Abyssinia, has allowed us to use, experiment, cultivate, but most of all enjoy coffee in many different ways.”

Well, here’s to a great cup of coffee in my very near future! Check out these related Costa Rica coffee pictures on Flickr.