Costa Rica
Coffee was planted in Costa Rica in the late 1700s, and it was the first Central American country to have a fully established coffee industry; by the 1820s, coffee was a major agricultural export with great economic significance to the population. National output was greatly increased by the completion of a main road to Puntarenas in 1846, allowing farmers to more readily bring their coffee from their farms to market in oxcarts—which remained the way most small farmers transported their coffee until the 1920s.
| Main production areas: | Tarrazú, Brunca, Guanacaste, West Valley, Central Valley, Turrialba, Orosi |
| Processing methods: | Washed, Natural, Honey |
| Varieties: | Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Villa Sarchi, Bourbon & Gesha |
| Port of shipment: | - |
| Harvest: | October – March |
| Altitude range: | 1100 – 1800 masl |
| Export bag size: | 69 kg |
| Total yearly production: | 1.3 – 1.7 million bags |
| Total number of coffee farmers: | 65 000 |
| Cup Profile: | - |
