Costa Rican coffees, exceptional volcanic terroirs

February 2023

It's been ten years since Alejo took over management of the farm, and he's just beginning to get a good idea of which varieties are best suited to his terroir, and which will produce the best coffees. By dint of repetition and evaluation, he also knows which fermentation method will bring out the best in a given variety.

Terroir, variety and fermentation protocol are the three factors that impact on the profile of the farmhouse cup. Terroir is climate, soils and, if we include people in the terroir as we like to think of it, uses.