This article was written for the New York Coffee Festival. Also found in following link: http://www.newyorkcoffeefestival.com/Blog/September-2017/A-common-misconception-explained Planting Costa Rica promotes transparency, traceability, and quality. They are working to encourage coffee farmers in Costa Rica to produce a quality product to compete in the international coffee market successfully. Nicolas Salcedo, co-founder, wrote to us to explain a common misconception regardin