Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Tico Coffee Strives for Improving its Origin Certifications
Costa Rica is working to improve it's quality of gourmet coffee to the world markets. This article except is from the Tico Times.
A plan jointly funded by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency and the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE) aims to establish clear denominations of origin and geographic indicators - norms and labels that identify a product's origin and certify its quality - for Costa Rica coffee. By doing so, ICAFE hopes to further differentiate the country's coffee production from that of the rest of the world. Differentiation will result in better international coffee prices, according to the institute.
Representatives of the central Spain region of La Rioja's Regulator Council for the Qualified Denomination of Origin - the organization in charge of administrating and certifying denominations of origin for the region's wines - visited the country to meet with ICAFE and discuss preliminary plans for the project. Read full article.
A plan jointly funded by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency and the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE) aims to establish clear denominations of origin and geographic indicators - norms and labels that identify a product's origin and certify its quality - for Costa Rica coffee. By doing so, ICAFE hopes to further differentiate the country's coffee production from that of the rest of the world. Differentiation will result in better international coffee prices, according to the institute.
Representatives of the central Spain region of La Rioja's Regulator Council for the Qualified Denomination of Origin - the organization in charge of administrating and certifying denominations of origin for the region's wines - visited the country to meet with ICAFE and discuss preliminary plans for the project. Read full article.
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