COSTA RICA – LES SAINTS

The Los Santos region stands out for its altitude and clay soil, where very high-quality coffee grows.

Caturra has been the main variety grown on the Castro family farms since the 1970s. It is a mutation of Bourbon with excellent flavor qualities.

Producing this excellent coffee starts with the trees. Only fully ripe cherries are picked, by hand, over three or four passes. This year (23–24), the yield was lower than last year.

This does not diminish the Castro family's high standards. Once the cherries have been sorted by flotation, they are depulped and washed. The beans are then dried in mechanical dryers. Once dried, they are sorted by size, density, and color to export the most uniform lots possible.