Last week we ventured out to tour a coffee co-op called Espiritu Santo. It was a beautiful day and we learned so much about coffee. This co-op represents over 2500 individual family farms.
Each of the kids got to plant a coffee plant. (After a little instruction on how to dig a hole with a shovel from Dad)
Ethan says: I really liked planting the coffee plants and I really liked the coffee also!
Outside a typical old fashion Costa Rican home... We were able to grind beans and then drink coffee from those grounds. Maddie and Josh said it reminded them of Conner Prairie.
The Coffee beans were ripe for harvest so we were able to pick some beans. It was hard work.
We learned that all coffee in Costa Rica has to be picked by hand and that pickers get $2 per basket of coffee beans (You can see the basket below with Ethan) A full basket weighs over 15 pounds, a really good picker can fill 10 baskets a day... but after 15 minutes and all working together, we didn't even have the basket 1/4 full.
We learned about Peaberry coffee and why it is so sought after and about the difference between light, medium and and dark roast.
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