This slideshow describes the coffee process as it was described to me during a trip to a Cafe Britt in Costa Rica.

1. The Coffee Process
By: Veronica A. Arias

2. This is what coffee plants look like at
an early stage.

3. These are fully grown coffee
plants in the plantation.

4. Once the coffee
beans are
matured, the
best looking
beans are
handpicked from
each plant onto
the baskets
displayed.

5. After being handpicked, the coffee
beans are passed onto a water process
and then are sun dried. Following
this, the beans go through a roasting
process at different levels as shown
below.

6. To the left we see unroasted coffee and to the
right the light roasted coffee.

7. Once packaged, coffee can
be enjoyed and made to your
taste preference.