Producer’s Pride, Costa Rica

In the hills surrounding the tiny town of La Piedra de Rivas, near the Chirripo National Forest, a dozen producing families have come together to build a micro-milling facility called Beneficio Los Crestones. As we enter a decade of working with these families, it’s exciting to see that this small, neighborly cooperative is still striving to grow and innovate. Noticing the impact that their recently improved drying system had on the quality of the coffee, land was set aside to construct twice the amount of drying space alongside a new large bodega to protect the harvest before it makes its long journey to San Francisco. This lot collects the coffees from several of the Los Crestones producers in a blend we’re calling Producer’s Pride. Containing Caturra, Catuai, and Villalobos varieties, Producers Pride is a clean, mechanically washed coffee, often called a white honey coffee.