Costa Rica – Santa Maria Dota Tarrazu

ORIGIN: Dota, San Jose, Costa Rica

ROAST LEVEL: Medium

TASTING NOTES: Juicy Apple, Plum, Caramel, Milk Chocolate.

BACKGROUND: Costa Rica Coopedota is located in the heart of the famous and rugged Tarrazu growing region in Santa Maria de Dota that is known for its award winning coffee due to the mineral rich soil and ideal growing climate. The cooperative was founded in 1960 by 96 producters in the Dota Valley region and since has grown to have more than 800 members who collectively harvest 65,000 bushels of coffee each year. As you can see from the photos below, during the peak of the harvest members of the co-op bring their coffee to be processed in all manner of vehicles.

Prior to the founding of Coopedota coffee famers in the region had very little knowledge of production and sales. With no other mills in the region the producers were forced to sell their cherry to resellers at unfavorable prices. Today, members take their coffee to a shared wet mill in Santa Maria and use their power as a cooperative to negotiate the sale of coffee at a fair price.

PROCESSING: Eco-pulped Washed

DRYING METHOD: Patio Sun-Dried and Mechanical Driers

ELEVATION: 1550-1900 MASL

CULTIVAR: Catuai, Caturra