Costa Rican Coffee

When we toured Phase II of the Abraham Project in Costa Rica, we found some workers picking coffee beans. He agreed to a picture and humbly showed us what he had picked so far that morning.  We found out that the workers only make around $1.25 per basket of coffee beans. Each time we have gone to Costa Rica we have had requests to bring back some of the coffee. Since we aren't drinkers ourselves, we don't appreciate the taste of a strong cup of 'joe'.  Everyone seems to enjoy the coffee, and we don't mind bringing back something special to our supporters.

Since the coffee beans in Costa Rica are grown in the volcantic soil. The chemistry in this produces remarkable tasting vegetables, fruit, and coffee.

 Our missionary friends told us that if we take one of the red coffee beans and squeeze it slightly between our tongue and roof of our mouths a small amount of sweet will come out in our mouths. It took me a few times as I had to resist the urge to chew them. Ha!
What I tasted was a stretch in sweet, but I can see how that perception was formed.