NAVIGATE A COFFEE PLANTATION LIKE A PRO

NAVIGATE A COFFEE PLANTATION LIKE A PRO

If you’re interested in taking your coffee knowledge to the next level, look no further. There are plenty of Costa Rican terms you may already know: Mae, Pura Vida, and Tuanis. Here’s a list of some of the other most commonly used words on Costa Rican coffee plantations that will take your coffee expertise to the next level.

CAFETAL

Coffee plantation

cafetal

FINCA

Terms used for “farm,” “estate,” or “plantation”

Finca

MATA DEL CAFÉ

The coffee plant.

coffee plant

BENEFICIO

Name for the coffee processing plant where coffee fruit is transformed into green coffee beans

Beneficio

MICRO LOTE

Type of blend consisting of coffee from only one location or plot of land

Micro lote

CAJUELA

Official unit of measurement established by the Costa Rican government to measure coffee picking

Cajuela

CAPATAZ

Foreman of the plantation, responsible for giving workers their assignments each day

Capataz

CALLE

Literally translated “street” this term refers to the row of red coffee the pickers will be responsible on a given day

Calle

BANDOLA

Branch of the coffee plant with many beans growing from it

Bandola

CANASTO

Basket coffee pickers wear on their waist to put coffee cherries in

Canasto

CARACOLILLO

Also known as peaberries, these are a rare type of coffee bean where only one of the two seeds present in the bean becomes fertilized

Peaberry

COFFEE VARIETIES

Coffee Variety

PERGAMINO

Also known as the silverskin or parchment, this is the thin, paper-like wrapping that remains on a coffee bean after the skin and pulp have been removed

Pergamino