Costa Rica San Cristobal Natural

This experimental micro lot comes to us from the West Valley Region of central Costa Rica. The beautiful high elevation area is known for its vast natural woodlands, home to many species of monkeys and parrots. With its tropical climate, nutrient rich volcanic soil, and clean rivers, this region is perfect for specialty coffee cultivation.

Finca San Cristobal de Llano is a 17 hectare family farm established by Danilo Salazar and now owned by his sons Christian, Greivin, and Pablo Salazar. The family has been producing coffee, bananas, plantains, and peaches in Llano Bonito de Naranjo for over fifty years.

Finca San Cristobal de Llano is a member of Cafe de Altura de San Ramon. This organization was founded in 2004 to process coffee throughout Costa Rica. This fully traceable lot is part of the association’s micro lot program. In this program, exceptional single producer lots are sourced from West Valley, Central Valley, Tres Rios, and Tarrazu. The association provides its more than 500 producers with the knowledge and resources they need to sell their coffee on the specialty market.

Cherries are selectively hand-harvested when perfectly ripe, meticulously sorted, and transported to Cafe de Altura's central milling facility in San Ramon. The mill is well known for its innovative processing techniques. The selected cherries are dried whole (in the fruit) on patios and finished on raised beds, allowing the natural sugars from the cherry to ferment and infuse into the coffee.