Pope Francis Names Costa Rican Coffee Best in the World

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-20 23:46:09 | Updated at 2025-01-23 16:46:21 2 days ago

Pope Francis Names Costa Rican Coffee Best in the World
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Posted on 01/20/2025 3:14:57 PM PST by nickcarraway

Pope Francis chose Costa Rican coffee. During the traditional Wednesday audience in Vatican City, the head of the Catholic Church expressed his appreciation for the Costa Rican coffee bean when he met with a group of 47 pilgrims from the Diocese of Ciudad Quesada. “You know you have the best coffee in the world,” Pope Francis told the group.

Minutes earlier, the Bishop of Ciudad Quesada, José Manuel Garita Herrera, had given him a bag of coffee. “I told the Holy Father that I was coming with the Jubilee Pilgrimage and that I was bringing him the best coffee in the world, to which he smiled. I asked for his blessing for the diocese and the pilgrims and, of course, for the whole country,” Garita emphasized.

Pope Francis made this statement during a pilgrimage made by the Diocese of Ciudad Quesada to the Vaticain celebration of Jubilee 2025, a year viewed as a significant festival for Catholics. The group consists of 47 lay members, two clergy, and one bishop. This is the second occasion on which Pope Francis has shown his affection for Costa Rican coffee. In 2021, during a short conversation with a Radio Fides team in Vatican City, the Pope referred to Costa Rican coffee as “the best in the world.”

Jeison Granados, director of the Catholic media, asked the pontiff to send a message to the people of Costa Rica and wanted to know what he thought of the coffee produced in the country. At that moment, Pope Francis replied that it was the best coffee in the world. Costa Rica is known for producing high-quality coffee. It is the third most important agricultural export product of the country. Costa Rica contributes around 1% of the world’s coffee production.

There are eight distinct regions in the country that produce their own unique flavors of coffee. The country’s diverse climate creates a wide variety of microclimates and humidity, all perfect for growing different varieties of beans. The varied tropical climate allows Costa Rica to produce a wide range of coffee flavors for all tastes. Each of the eight producing regions has special characteristics and is famous for different aspects of their flavor.

TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Religion
KEYWORDS: coffee; costarica; popefrancis

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1 posted on 01/20/2025 3:14:57 PM PST by nickcarraway

To: ebb tide

2 posted on 01/20/2025 3:15:47 PM PST by nickcarraway

To: nickcarraway

He better hope they have it in Hell!

3 posted on 01/20/2025 3:16:24 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)

To: nickcarraway

if you can’t be competent in your job, try to look competent in something else that has nothing to do with your job.

4 posted on 01/20/2025 3:16:57 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)

To: nickcarraway

I wonder how much they paid him.

5 posted on 01/20/2025 3:16:58 PM PST by Salman (In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven.)

To: nickcarraway

6 posted on 01/20/2025 3:19:24 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)

To: Salman

Would it be worth it to pay him for that? Is his having said this going to increase coffee sales?

7 posted on 01/20/2025 3:19:41 PM PST by nickcarraway

To: nickcarraway

But did he declare that ex cathedra?

8 posted on 01/20/2025 3:20:09 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)

To: nickcarraway

Uh, everybody knows it’s Jamaican Blue Mountain.

9 posted on 01/20/2025 3:21:35 PM PST by Orosius (A“Wake America Up Again )

To: Jeff Chandler

LOL. That’s what I was thinking.

To: nickcarraway

11 posted on 01/20/2025 3:24:17 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Joe Pedophile's deal with the devil is finally coming to an end. Thank you Lord. Amen.)

To: FlingWingFlyer

To: nickcarraway

Yikes, 😬 what a terrible pope.

13 posted on 01/20/2025 3:29:52 PM PST by exPBRrat

To: Orosius

Tarrazu is really good. For some reason Jamaican Blue Mountain did not impress me that much.

But the best coffee beans I have ever had were from Peru. No need to brew, just chew them and have some water. So good.

14 posted on 01/20/2025 3:33:42 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)

To: nickcarraway

,,, the Church owns hotels, vineyards and plenty of other property. What's the bet they've got coffee plantations where the best coffee is? It just doesn't work with the pope plugging for coffee the way it did for Clooney pumping Nescafe.

15 posted on 01/20/2025 3:34:45 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)

To: nickcarraway

Juan Valdez is not amused.

16 posted on 01/20/2025 3:37:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: nickcarraway

He should drink the cat shxt coffee... It’s right up his alley. One POS Pope.

17 posted on 01/20/2025 3:39:28 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)

To: nickcarraway

No thanks. I’ll take Kona.

18 posted on 01/20/2025 3:44:00 PM PST by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! Win! Win! Win!--Donald Trump)

To: nickcarraway

Reminds me of that dumpy diner scene in “Elf”....’WOW, THE NUMBER ONE COFFEE IN NEW YORK CITY!’

To: nickcarraway

Thanks Padre, I’ll now know to avoid Costa Rican coffee.

20 posted on 01/20/2025 3:44:06 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant (“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread”)

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