Tarrazu

Costa Rica’s Micromill Movement: What It Means for the Coffee You Buy

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Until the late 1990s, most coffee in Costa Rica followed the same path: cherries from many different farms went to large cooperative or private mills, where they were processed and blended together. It was efficient, but it meant an exceptional lot from one farm could disappear into a blend with everyone else’s. Small Mills, Traceable … Read more

Dota and Tarrazu: The Growing Conditions Behind Our Coffee

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Dota and Tarrazu are both part of Los Santos, a coffee-growing zone in Costa Rica’s central highlands. Our farm is in Santa Maria de Dota, inside this zone — here is what actually defines the growing conditions here, without the generic “origin story” language that could describe almost any highland coffee region. Altitude and Soil … Read more