Costa Rica Tarrazu - 8 oz bag

This coffee is a medium roast and tastes like traditional coffee.

Flavor Profile:  Brilliant acidity, medium body, sweet flavors of orange citrus, caramelized sugar, and fine chocolate

Behind the beans: The Hacienda La Minita Farm is part of the Rain Forest Alliance (RFA) and grows arabica coffee beans. These coffee beans are grown in the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica at an elevation of 4200-5900 feet and are fully washed.

Origin Story: Hacienda La Minita was founded in 1985 by Bill McAlpin and produces one of the world's finest coffees. Once final picking occurs, the milling process is essential for determining the final quality of the coffee. Of 100 pounds of green equivalent cherries that enter the milling process, only about 23 pounds will become La Minita.

Herbicides are not used to control weeds at La Minita. They hire contract laborers who use machetes to clear the weeds by hand. Geographic advantages of the farm's climate eliminate the need for insecticides.

La Minita means “the small mine.” Local legend has it that pre-Columbian indigenous people came to look for gold on the land that is now the Hacienda La Minita farm.