Coffee Density equals Quality

- The higher the density of the coffee beans, the higher its quality. Density in coffee is very important in roasting. When a coffee bean has higher density, the more it can withstand the darker roast.
- Coffee beans develop a higher density when the beans are planted at higher elevation. The higher elevation slows down the growth of the beans thus making it more dense and producing more flavor. The warm temperature during the days and the cooler temperature during the nights play part in the density of the coffee beans.

Starbucks Bella Vista F.W. Tres Rios Costa Rica

STARBUCKS BELLA VISTA F.W. TRES RIOS COSTA RICA

Coffee Description: A medium bodied Arabica cofee with crisp acidity and fruity flavor. This coffee came from a small family farm of Fritz Willig in Tres Rios, Costa Rica. A very refreshing coffee that can also be brewed as "iced".

Complimentary Flavors: Strawberry, peach, pineapples

Similar Coffees: Lightnote Blend is the nearest in the Starbucks Core Line-up.

Starbucks Coffees from Costa Rica:  La Candellila Estate Tarrazu Costa Rica

- Banana is the major agricultural product of Costa Rica along with coffee.

- Starbucks first Farmer Support Center is located in San Jose, Costa Rica.

- In 19th Century, Costa Rica is lacking of ready labor which prevented them the formation of big coffee estates.

-"drinking Costa Rica is like experiencing a "sunshower" early in the morning. The warm sun ray is the comparable to the refreshing aroma and medium body of the coffee, while the rainshower reminds me of the crisp acidity of Costa Rica. Truly a wonderful cup to begin you day.







Coffee Travels to Latin America

Coffee first arrived in Latin America when the Dutch gave a healthy coffee plant to the French government. After nine years, Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu, introduced coffee cultivation to colony of Martinique. De Cliue nursed a coffe plant on his voyage at the Atlantic Ocean. He protected the coffee plant from the passenger and even watered the plant with his limited wate supply. Once it finally set down its root in Martinique, the coffee tree flourished. From that single plant came much of the world's current coffee supply.
Then in 1727, Francisco De Melo Palheta smuggled coffee cherries to Brazil by presenting to the Governor's wife a bouquet of flowers with ripe coffee cherries disguised in the interior.He planted it in his home territory at Para, from which coffee travels Southward.

Coffee Travels Arab

The cultivation of coffee began sometime in the fifteenth century, and for many centuries to follow, the Yemen province of Arabia was the world's primary source of coffee. Mohammed was once told in one of the legends that under the invogoriting influence of coffee, he could unhorse forty men and possess fifty women. The demand for coffee in the Near East was very high. The beans living the Yemeni port of Mocha for trade with Alexandria in Egypt and Constantinople were highly guarded. In fact, no fertile plants were allowed to leave the country. Despite the restrictions, Muslim pilgrims from across the globe during their pilgrimages to Mecca managed to smuggle coffee plants back to their homelands, and coffee crops soon took root in India.

Legend of Coffee

THE STORY OF COFFE

The first coffee plants are said to have come from the Horns of Africa on the shores of Red Sea. Originally, coffee beans were taken as a food and not as a beverage. East African tribes such as the Kikuyu Tribe are said to grind the coffee and combine it with animal fats which is then rolled into little balls. They believe that this concontion gives their warrior extra ordinary energy in battles.
Later, around the year 1000AD fermentation process was applied to coffee beans. Ethiopians made a type of wine from coffee berries by fermenting the dried beans in water. Coffee also grew naturally on the Arabian Peninsula, and it was there, during the first coffee was brewed. The so called "stimulating properties" of coffee were thought to give religious ecstacy and the drink earned a very mystical sort of reputation, shrouded in secrecy and associated with priests and doctor. This was described by Mark Helprin in his "Memoir from Antproof Case (1995) in this way: "The Voodoo priest and all his powers were as nothing compared to Espresso, Cappuccino, and Mocha which are stronger than all religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself."
So it is not surprising that two prominent legends emerged to exlain the discovery of the magic conconction.

THE LEGEND OF KALDI

According to the folklore, a goat herder named Kaldi noticed that his herd became friskier than usual after eating an unusual kind of cherries. Upon seeing the changed in energy in his goats, he tasted the cherry himself. He was captivated by its invigorating effect, and was even spotted by the nearby monks dancing with his goats. The monks who saw Kaldi became curious and began boiling the beans themselves to unleash the mystical power of the beans. Soon, they used the liquid to stay awake during all night religious ceremony and meditation.

THE LEGEND OF THE MUSLIM DERVISH

The othe story is about Muslin dervish who was condemned by his enemy to wander about aimlessly in the desert. In his delirium, the Muslim heard a voice from nowhere instructing him to consume the fruit of the nearby coffee tree. Confused, the man tried to soften the beans in water, and when this failed, he just drank the liquid in which the coffee was soaked. Interpreting his survival and energy as a sign from Allah, he returned to his people, spreading the faith and the magical recipe.