The Naranjo region in the West Valley of Costa Rica is famous for producing some of the country’s best coffees. Remarkably, just one square kilometer in Naranjo has produced four Cup of Excellence winners, making the Naranjo province one of the most important coffee regions in Costa Rica!The origin of the name Naranjo goes back to 1833 when the first colonizer who arrived in the region
At Cafeoteca, a café in San José’s Barrio Escalante neighborhood, customers can order an individually brewed cup of local-style café chorreado from any of the eight Costa Rican coffee regions. At $3.60 a cup, the price is uncommonly high, but Cafeoteca’s barista also curates the café experience, explaining aspects of the coffeeA Bit of History. Costa Rica's coffee industry began in in the early 1800s, when a Spanish priest named Felix Valverde persuaded farmers of the then Spanish province to begin growing the crop. He set up his first plantation in the bustling capital and province of San Jose. Today, this region, the Central Valley, is still considered among the Nowadays, the going rate for a cajuela is closer to $2.00, however despite the 20x increase over the last 20 years or so, it is still difficult to believe that at Costa Rica coffee plantations, a day of hard labour is currently valued between $24.00-$32.00. THE UNSETTLING REALITY OF COSTA RICA COFFEE PLANTATIONS Average cost of a cup of coffee in Costa Rica San Jose Alajuela Heredia Grecia Cartago Escazu Santa Ana Tamarindo Playa del Coco Liberia Samara San Ramon Guadalupe Jaco Beach Curridabat Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon Arenal Perez Zeledon Desamparados Ciudad Colon Cappuccino $2.55 Espresso $0.37 Americano $1.21 Latte $2.16 Flatwhite $2.65 . 37 47 168 290 197 39 75 82