22% of Costa Rica´s coffee production is low-carbon and sustainable
Coffee is one of Costa Rica’s most important and emblematic export good and deeply connected to the country’s national identity. However, climate change clearly challenges the livelihood of Costa Rican coffee farmers and the crop’s long-term sustainability. Faced with this dire situation, in 2014 the sector joined forces with public institutions and the international cooperation to implement the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) Café. The Costa Rican NAMA Café is implemented by the country’s Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and National Coffee Institute (ICAFE) and aims to reduce GHG emissions during coffee production...
Visitors of the Expo Feria Alemana enjoyed low carbon coffee from Costa Rica
Visitors of the 2018 Expo Feria Alemana had the opportunity to taste the world´s first low-carbon coffee and buy it from the mills Río Conejo and Santa Elena at GIZ´s booth at the fair. The NAMA Support Project Low-carbon Coffee Costa Rica (NSP Café) and its worldwide first coffee were presented within GIZ´s presence at the Expo Feria Alemana on November 10th and 11th. Visitors of the event had the opportunity to taste low-carbon coffee from the National Coffee Institute and buy coffee from the mills → Río Conejo and → Santa Elena . Additionally, GIZ personnel gave detailed information...
German member of parliament visits Coffee NAMA proyect
German member of Parliament and president of the Comitee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, Gyde Jensen, got to know the Coffee NAMA last Thursday during a visit at the ICAFE facilities. Ms. Jensen was welcomed by Ronald Peters, Executive Director, and Carlos Fonseca, Technical Manager, as well as several technicians from the German Cooperation GIZ. Ronald Peters expressed the ICAFE´s gratitude towards Germany for the work that has been done in the collaboration with Germany in the Coffee NAMA and the desire to continue doing so for several more years. Ms. Jensen was accompanied by Andre Scholz, counselor of...
Visitors of 2018 Environmental Fair learn about low-carbon coffee production in Costa Rica
From June 5th to 7th, 2018, the NAMA Support Project was present at the XIV International Environmental Fair at the National Stadium. Visitors had the opportunity to taste the world´s first low carbon coffee, get to know more about the experiences of the project´s partners and participating mills alike and to help plant shade trees in Costa Rica´s coffee plantations. At the 2018 Environmental Fair, the NAMA Support Project (NSP Café) took the opportunity to present itself to the public. At the shared booth of the German Cooperation GIZ, two baristas offered tastings of the world´s first low carbon coffee...
Low carbon coffee fascinates visitors of MICE 2018 in Australia
For a second time the first low carbon coffee in the world was presented to the public at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo 2018, the biggest coffee fair in Asia and the Pacific. Representatives of the National Coffee Institute´s (ICAFE) Department for Promotion traveled to Australia in order to position the Café de Costa Rica brand and present the recent achievements of the Costa Rican Coffee NAMA. ICAFE was satisfied with its reach during the event on March 22 nd to 24 th 2018, managing to create several direct contacts with Melbourne´s coffee industry. This included mostly small and medium...
Ticos taste low carbon coffee at Viva El Café coffee festival
Visitors to the Viva El Café festival, which attracts some 15,000 people each year, had an exclusive opportunity to taste the first low-carbon coffee in the world, produced by five mills partnering with the Coffee NAMA Café. Representatives of the NAMA Support Project (NSP Café) informed visitors on the projects results and achievements. On February 24th and 25th 2018, anybody who visited Costa Rica´s National Stadium was – for once – not interested in sports or music, but solely focused on one thing: coffee. Among the thousands of visitors several took the opportunity to taste and buy a special blend...
Coffee mills receive award for measuring greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption
Costa Rican president Luis Guillermo Solís praised the efforts of coffee mills participating in the country´s Coffee NAMA throughout the year during a small ceremony on December 13 th 2017. 49 mills received an award for successfully measuring greenhouse gas and water consumption during coffee production and processing. The award was presented by the Minister for Agriculture Felipe Arauz, the ICAFE´s executive director Ronald Peters, the president of the ICAFE´s board of directors Guido Vargas and Sandra Spies, director of the NAMA Support Project in the scope of the Costa Rican Coffee NAMA. 49 coffee mills completed the process of...
Coffee mills present low carbon coffee at side event TASTE COSTA RICA at Sintercafé International Coffee Week
During the 31 st edition of Sintercafé International Coffee Week, over 20 coffee mills participating in the NAMA Café presented their coffee to international roasters at the side event TASTE Costa Rica. The event was organized by ICAFE and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Sintercafé is the biggest coffee event in Costa Rica, with about 500 visitors during the three days it takes place. As in previous years, the NAMA Café participated with a presentation of the low carbon coffee produced by coffee mills taking part in the project. Over 20 mills offered coffee samplings to visitors...
Costa Rican coffee mills draw interest of German coffee market
Between October 2nd and 8th 2017, five coffee mills of the NAMA Café visited 12 coffee roasters and importers in Hamburg, Bremen and Dortmund, Germany, in order to establish business relationships with the country's coffee sector and to place their low carbon coffee on the German market. In addition, they had the opportunity to present their coffee at ANUGA, the largest food fair in Europe. The 12 roasters and importers showed great interest in the Costa Rican coffee, reacting positively to the coffee mills´ ambitious goal of reaching the worldwide first low carbon coffee together with their fellow mills participating...
Successful presentation of low-emission coffee from Costa Rica at Expo Feria Alemana
5 coffee mills had the opportunity to offer their low-emission coffee at the annual Expo Feria Alemana from August 5 th to 6 th 2017 at the Parque Viva. Between the five mills and an additional coffee blend from several mills from the Los Santos, Valle Central and Valle Occidental area, a total of almost 100 kilograms of coffee was sold during the entire weekend. In addition, baristas from the ICAFE offered samples and GIZ personnel presented detailed information about the NAMA Café and its NAMA Support Project. Representatives of the coffee mills El Cántaro - Santa Anita, Grupo Naturalba,...
