http://buyorganiccoffee.org/730/costa-rican-organic-coffee/ Costa Rican Organic Coffee Visitors to San Jose, Costa Rica can find Costa Rican organic coffee at the Café Central Cafeteria in the Mercado Central. Café Terrazú and Tres Rios compete for attention with “Café Organico” shade grown organic coffee at the Café Central Cafeteria display counter. Sit and rest before and after shopping and sample the coffees. Buy a pound of the coffee of your choice for the equivalent of $9 (4,500 colones). Costa Rican Organic Coffee In the mountainous spine of the country, the Cordillera de Talamanca, the Hacienda Las Mellizas grows healthy organic coffee at 4,600 above sea level. Hacienda Las Mellizas is considered one of the top organic coffee producers in Costa Rica. Here are a few facts about organic coffee, especially the shade grown variety. Shade grown organic coffee is usually grown in a mixed species forest including fruit and hardwood trees as well as other native plants. Traditional, organic coffee plantations have as many as forty different species of trees. A mixture of trees helps maintain soil quality and habitat for smaller plants, animals and birds. The goal of a shade grown organic coffee plantation is to have a mature and self-sustaining ecosystem. Such an ecosystem greatly reduces the need for insecticides as birds and other animals living in the coffee forest eat the pests. A mature ecosystem greatly reduces the use of synthetic fertilizers as the products of natural plant decomposition slowly leach into the soil to fertilize new plants and do not poison water table or downstream water. Shade grown organic coffee like the Costa Rican organic coffee sold at Café Organico Cafeteria is not only great tasting but good for the environment. It is good for you too.

1. Costa Rican Organic Coffee
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

2. Visitors to San Jose, Costa Rica can find Costa Rican
organic coffee at the Café Central Cafeteria in the
Mercado Central. Café Terrazú and Tres Rios compete
for attention with “Café Organico” shade grown organic
coffee at the Café Central Cafeteria display counter. Sit
and rest before and after shopping and sample the
coffees. Buy a pound of the coffee of your choice for the
equivalent of $9 (4,500 colones).
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

3. • Costa Rican Organic Coffee
In the mountainous spine of the country, the Cordillera
de Talamanca, the Hacienda Las Mellizas grows healthy
organic coffee at 4,600 above sea level.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

4. Hacienda Las Mellizas is considered one of the top
organic coffee producers in Costa Rica. Here are a few
facts about organic coffee, especially the shade grown
variety. Shade grown organic coffee is usually grown in a
mixed species forest including fruit and hardwood trees
as well as other native plants.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

5. Traditional, organic coffee plantations have as many as
forty different species of trees. A mixture of trees helps
maintain soil quality and habitat for smaller
plants, animals and birds. The goal of a shade grown
organic coffee plantation is to have a mature and self-
sustaining ecosystem.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

6. Such an ecosystem greatly reduces the need for
insecticides as birds and other animals living in the
coffee forest eat the pests. A mature ecosystem greatly
reduces the use of synthetic fertilizers as the products of
natural plant decomposition slowly leach into the soil to
fertilize new plants and do not poison water table or
downstream water.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

7. Shade grown organic coffee like the Costa Rican organic
coffee sold at Café Organico Cafeteria is not only great
tasting but good for the environment. It is good for you
too.
• The Health Benefits of Costa Rican Organic Coffee
The Australian Food Standards Authority has shown that
as many as 133 contaminants may be in a cup of regular
commercially available coffee.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

8. These contaminants can include
aluminum, zinc, pesticide residues, ochratoxin
A, acrylamide, furan, and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (which have been found to cause cancer).
Furans have been associated with skin disorders, liver
problems, certain kinds of cancers, impairment to the
reproductive, endocrine, and immune system, as well as
effects on embryonic development.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

9. Drinking healthy organic coffee not only helps you avoid
potentially toxic residues in regular coffee but carry direct
health benefits as well. Four or more cups of coffee a day
has been statistically associated with a fifty percent
reduction in the risk of Type II diabetes. Coffee
consumption is associated with a reduced risk of colon
cancer, prostate cancer, and endometrial cancer as well.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

10. Drink healthy Costa Rican organic coffee and skip the
impurities in regular coffee and enjoy the health benefits
of organic coffee as well, all for only $9 a pound for
whole roasted beans at the Café Central Cafeteria in the
Mercado Central in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

11. Come to San Jose and visit the Mercado Central where
you can purchase everything from refrigerator magnets
with the Costa Rican slogan, pura vida, on them to fresh
cuts of meat and chicken, as well as great Costa Rican
organic coffee. If you don’t happen to be in the
neighborhood consider contacting us at
www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org to place your order through
us.
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org