Historically the West Valley region of coffee farms were an anomaly, norm-wise, from the other coffee-growing regions of Costa Rica. One of the hallmarks of this country's coffee farming culture has been the regional cooperative into which virtually all top quality beans get sold to. West Valley also had its own cooperative, but not the type of solidarity typical of Tarrazu.
That has changed recently, as a new generation of farmers have taken over the family enterprise, many equipped with education not only in agronomy but also in entrepreneurship. There is plenty of evidence that innovative practices--crop yield and quality improvements--can be advanced in conjunction with those farms who are otherwise competitors. West Valley farmers learned this and practice it, now making some of the best coffee on hand.
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