Costa Rica Coffee Beans Buyers Guide

If you decide to make a purchase, you'll get the exact same price you normally would and this site will be given a little extra fuel to keep up and running.

You might even benefit when my associates let me offer specials you might not find elsewhere. Coffee production played a key role in Costa Rica's history and still is important for the Costa Rican economy.

In 2006, coffee was Costa Rica's number three export, after being the number one cash crop export for several decades. In 1997, the agriculture sector employed 28 percent of the labor force and comprised 20 percent of Costa Rica's total GNP.

Production increased from 158,000 tons in 1988 to 168,000 tons in 1992. Costa Rican coffee is high in caffeine; it is often blended with inferior varieties. The largest growing areas are in the provinces of San Jose, Alajuela, Heredia, Puntarenas, and Cartago.