Coffee By Tate Costa Rica [ROAST DATE:14/02/2024]
Origin
Costa Rica Hermosa Los Santo
The area known as Tarrazu is divided in to three parts – Dota, Tarrazu, and Leon Cortes. It is also often known as Los Santos
Variety
Washed
Processing
Natural
Altitude
1500-1800 MASL
Roast Profile
Omni-roast
Taste Notes
Notes of Peach, Orange and Caramel.
Coffee Facts
The area known as Tarrazu is divided in to three parts – Dota, Tarrazu, and Leon Cortes. It is also often known as Los Santos as the three main towns are San Pablo, San Marcos, and Santa Maria de Dota. In the small town of Santa Maria de Dota, at the centre of the coffee growers of Tarrazu that contribute to it, is the coffee processing mill and facilities belonging to Coope Dota - a co-operative established back in 1960, starting with just 90 producers. They currently represent around 900 small family growers and hold the title as the first coffee processor in the world to be certified as carbon neutral, back in 2011.
Prior to the arrival of Coopedota, coffee farming in the area was difficult. The producers had little or no expertise in agronomy, the coffee was sold to middlemen who paid producers unfairly, and there were no wet mills nearby, which meant a long trip to be able to process their coffee. The closest wet mill was “La Raya” in Desamparados, where coffee carts were taken to for measuring and to prevent the coffee cherries from fermenting.
Mr Estanislao Ureña Mora was responsible for introducing coffee to the area, and gave seed to his brother Jose Ureña Mora. Between the two, they sowed a plantation of two hectares and produced their coffee without the use of agrochemicals. Then came Ramon Blanco who built a wet mill in San Pablo de Leon Cortes, and producers began taking their coffee there. In 1929 a wet mill was built in Santa Maria, but as there was so much uncertainty in prices, producers turned to the Banco Nacional (National Bank), which had a department where farmers were given recommendations on how to process their own coffee. Thus was born Coopedota R.L
