Friday, June 15, 2007

Enjoyed a coffee tour of Don Juan Coffee Plantation. This is a detail from a painted mule cart - a traditional status symbol for coffee plantation owners. Many new plantations are being built in the cloud forest regions where the elevation is higher, and climate cooler and damper. We learned all about the growing, harvesting, fermenting, and roasting process. Coffee is now Costa Rica's only significant export, the majority of the economy depends on tourism.
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