Chanel is using an extraction process that results in an "ultra-pure, ultra-powerful" ingredient with 70 times more antioxidant active molecules than are found in regular coffee beans.
The new Hacienda Alsacia coffee is available exclusively at Starbucks shops in Costa Rica, but the company is currently conducting research to assess options to take it to other countries.
The owners of the Hibiscus Restaurant in Potrero, Marion Ceccarini and the late Allan Vargas, who tragically died on Nov. 30. Karl Kahler/The Tico Times
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Francisco Mena of Finca Sumava in Lourdes de Cirrí, Naranjo is new at coffee farming. But that didn't stop him from producing Costa Rica's best bean of 2016.
Judges named Francisco Mena of Monte Llano Bonito in Lourdes, Naranjo, the winner of the 2016 Cup of Excellence prize. This is the fourth time a farm in Lourdes has won top honors.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet in Washington Wednesday with the presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala to work on the Alliance for Prosperity that supports the three coffee-producing Central American nations in crisis. I hope the presidents brought their own roasted coffee to Washington.
