Costa Rica Tarrazu

Costa Rica Coffee

Tarrazu is a fantastic, medium roast coffee that produces a smooth mouth feel with a chocolate flavour. Tarrazu makes up 1 of 6 coffee growing regions in central Costa Rica, it is the highest by elevation and produces the countries most favoured beans.

Sheltered between the Pacific coasts, the Central Valley is where most of Costa Rican coffee grows. The high peaks of the country’s central mountain range offers a fantastic terroir for arabica, the beans carry a delicate dark chocolate and apple tang. A beautiful balance of richness and acidity in one bean.

Costa Rica is known for having some of the best beans in Central America, and they are generally described as light bodied and sweet.

Costa Rica Tarrazu Coffee Plantations

The highest altitude coffee region

This region has very high altitudes, ranging up to 1,700 metres, which allows for the development of the very best beans.

Costa Rica has a high reputation for its quality, owed to the infrastructure behind the milling and processing plants. The coffee industry in Costa Rica began with a strong foundation of existing farm practise and subsequently kept up with the demands of the ever changing industry. Therefore, tasting a variety of Costa Rican coffees won’t disappoint you and offer an exciting array of flavours. You can have a look at some coffee farms in Tarrazu here.

As well as solid, efficient infrastructure Costa Rica experiences a relatively dry climate during harvest months. This means that picking the ripe coffee cherries can be completed in a more controlled, and less time consuming period which is better for the plantation owners.