Available in 5 lb Bags or Qty 6 - 12 oz Retail Bags
(*12 oz bags are sold in multiples of 6)
 
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Grower - LAS LAJAS Micromill
Variety - Catuai, Caturra
Region - Alajuela, Central Valley, Costa Rica
Altitude - 1450-1600 meters
Soil - Volcanic loam
Process - Natural
Tasting Notes: WINE, FRUIT, COCOA, BERRY & LEMON
 
 
Oscar and Francisca Chacón are third-generation coffee producers, but the coffee
is more than just in their family heritage: It's in their hearts and souls as well. The
couple is committed to quality and innovation, and are among the very first farmers
in Costa Rica to produce Honey and Natural process specialty coffee.
In 2005, after years of delivering their cherry to a cooperative for the going market
price, they decided to join the brand-new "micromill revolution" and buy their own
depulper to have more control over the quality and the price they received for their
lots. "At first, we didn't know what we were doing," Oscar explains. "We were just
experimenting." That experimentation led to some of the most exciting new flavor
profiles we have ever tasted: Now, the Chacons produce a wide range of Honey
process coffees, modulating the drying time in order to create different effects in
the cup.
Necessity bred more innovation for the family when an earthquake in 2008 wiped
out electricity and water to their area during the harvest. Unable to run the
depulpers or to wash the mucilage off to produce Washed lots, Francisca took
inspiration from her knowledge of African coffee production and quickly built raised beds on the property. Their Natural lots caught the attention of Cafe Imports' founder Andrew Miller, and the rest is both history and our-story.
 
ALL FRESH ROASTED COFFEE IS CERTIFIED, SUSTAINABLY SOURCED AND ROASTED, BLENDED, AND PACKAGED IN THE USA