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Chorreador

Also known as Chorreador de café · Costa Rican drip coffee

Chorreador: photograph by Sharalds
Photo: Sharalds, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Hang the cloth bag on the wooden stand, add ground coffee, pour hot water slowly and judge the pour for strength and timing.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Costa Rica.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.

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