Costa Rica Harvest Trip Jan 2010

This was a harvest-time trip to Costa Rica to visit some of the coffee farms we have been working with the past years. I usually visit after the harvest, which is a better time to cup coffees, check on lot separation, and get a preview of the arrivals for the year. But you learn so much more during harvest (although the coffees are too young to cup). -Tom

View in the morning from the cabinas near Helsar del Zarcero, Costa Rica Costa Rica, Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen	Hills of Zarcero, West Valley, Costa Rica Costa Rica, Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen	The new dog at Santa Lucia Mill, Zarcero Ricardo Perez, Helsar, Santa Lucia, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen, 2010.
Christmas creche scene at the home of Ricardo Perez, Santa Lucia Mill, Zarcero Ricardo Perez, Helsar, Santa Lucia, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen, 2010.	Ricardo Perez, his wife Cristina, and Mariana at their home Well, most of them, at Helsar del Zarcero micro mill. I visited Ricardo and the Brothers...	Hernan Solis farm, with an original aluminum Land Rover At the home of Hernan Solis, who grows some killer Villa Sarchi cultivar coffee, a very nifty...
Villa Sarchi cultivar at the Hernan Solis farm Hernan Solis farm, mostly Villa Sarchi cultivar, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen...	Villa Sarchi is dense, with many leaves and branches, and can be hard to pick. Hernan Solis farm, mostly Villa Sarchi cultivar, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen...	The Perro Bravo, at Hernan Solis farm Hernan Solis farm, mostly Villa Sarchi cultivar, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen...
Blanquetta, the Persian cat of Carmen, Hernan Solis' wife Hernan Solis farm, mostly Villa Sarchi cultivar, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee, Thompson Owen...	Great use for an old tire, and an old ponsettia too. Farm of Claudio Salzar, mostly Villalobos Typica, Zarcero, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee,...	Villalobos coffee chery photo. Farm of Claudio Salzar, mostly Villalobos Typica, Zarcero, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee,...
Catuai Rojo coffee, at Claudio Salazar farm, Zarcero Catuai Rojo seems to have a thicker skin than caturra and typica coffee cherries. Farm of...	Catuai coffee and valley view at Claudio Salazar farm, Zarcero Farm of Claudio Salzar, mostly Villalobos Typica, Zarcero, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee,...	Claudio Salazar on his farm, in Zarcero, Costa Rica Farm of Claudio Salzar, mostly Villalobos Typica, Zarcero, Costa Rica. Sweet Maria's Coffee,...