Category: Mills
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Micromill La Lia
in MillsWhen I met Alberto Monge in front of the family owned Beneficio La Lia, the sun was shining and, as the harvest has not yet started coming in, Alberto had some time to show me around his mill. Everything was being cleaned up and freshly painted ready for the hard work which will start in…
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Coopetarrazu
The dramatic landscape und lush vegetation of the Tarrazu Valley is reason enough to visit the area, but for a coffee lover it is a kind of paradise. Though the focus of this blog is on speciality coffees produced in micro-mills, my journey round Tarrazu starts at the Coopetarrazu in San Marcos.This is the largest…
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Processors and methods
in MillsMany of the smaller and medium farmers take their produce to cooperatives or processing plants for processing, but some wish to control the quality of the beans themselves and work with micromills – beneficios. In the context of coffee processing a beneficio is a micro mill often with shared ownership. I am looking forward to…