The Brew Blog

Centroamericano is CATIE's F1 hybrid cultivar for Honduras and Costa Rica — disease resistance, strong yields, and specialty cup quality in one breeding program.

Tarrazú coffee grows in Costa Rica's Los Santos mountains at 1,200–1,900m — the country's flagship specialty region, known for clean chocolate-and-citrus washed cups.

Brunca is Costa Rica's southernmost coffee region — lower-altitude Catuaí and Caturra on Pacific highland soils, producing sweet, accessible specialty lots.

Costa Rica's Central Valley is the country's historic coffee heartland — Catuaí and Caturra on volcanic highland soils, shaped by the micro-mill revolution.

Costa Rica's West Valley coffee region produces some of the country's most fruit-forward specialty lots, built on Villa Sarchí — a locally developed Bourbon mutation.

Costa Rica gave specialty coffee honey processing — yellow, red, black. Here's the story of an origin that committed to quality over volume.