Icafe is a Costa Rican coffee institution that runs experimental coffee crops, studies coffee mutations, and builds a database about soil conditions ideal for growing. BY ERIN MEISTER SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE “How did you start […]
Not quite washed but not quite natural, honey process coffees fall in the middle of both processing types. In Costa Rica, some leading producers are paying close attention to their honey coffees and focusing on quality and […]
So I’m back from Costa Rica, catching my breath after what was one of the most jam-packed source trips I’ve ever been on. As I said in earlier posts, this trip was the grand prize […]
Our Nordic Barista Cup trip to Costa Rica has continued to be nonstop — it’s been so busy, in fact, that I’ve not blogged as much as I had hoped to. Please see the April/May […]
We’ve been here in Costa Rica for several days now, and the activities have been nonstop! Each morning, we wake up very early, head to farms, mills, processing stations, and then more farms, and meet […]
Here we all are, in beautiful Costa Rica… After the entire group had assembled in San Jose, Costa Rica, hailing from Denmark, Estonia and the United States on Saturday, we all relaxed for an afternoon […]
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