Costa Rican coffee has a well-earned and well-deserved reputation as some of the best coffee in the world.
Costa Rica isn’t the largest producer of coffee, they come in around 12th in the world in annual production, but their focus on quality has earned them a niche in high-end world of specialty coffee.
Costa Rican Coffee is 100% Arabica coffee – the highest quality coffee beans. You can rest assured that this is true of your coffee supplier because it is literally illegal in Costa Rica to produce anything else!
That’s right! Costa Rica passed a law in 1989 prohibiting the cultivation of lower-quality Robusta coffee beans. It was a national strategy to pursue a premium coffee crop and ensure that any coffee sourcing coming to the country were only interested in a higher-value product.
Costa Rica Coffee Regions
Costa Rica is well suited geographically to pursue its strategy of specialty grade coffee production. High altitudes combined with heavy rainfall and volcanic soils are an ideal environment for coffee cultivation.
There are eight key coffee growing regions in Costa Rica – Guanacaste, Valle Occidental, Tres Rios, Valle Central, Turrialba, Brunca, Orosi, and Tarrazu.
Pavones
We’ve named our Costa Rican coffee after the dreamy, long lefts of Pavones. This legendary wave is in a throwback town that the recent boom in Costa Rican tourism has forgotten.
Be transported the long lefts of Pavones with this excellent example of world renowned Costa Rican coffee from Martins Gamboa farms in the Santa Maria de Dota region.
Tasting notes of apple, caramel, milk chocolate, honey, sugar cane create a balanced cup, with medium acidity.
| Roast | Medium |
| Region | Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica |
| Elevation | 1800 meters |
| Tasting Notes | Sweet apple, raisin, honey |
| Process | Hand picked, fully washed, sun dried on covered patios |
| Certification | Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) / European Processed (EP) |