Costa Rica, Santa Elena

About our Costa Rica, Santa Elena Blend

Luz Marina Trujillo grew up in a family of coffee producers and talks happily about spending her childhood playing with coffee beans instead of dolls. Now, she produces one of the finest coffees available on her estate Santa Elena in the highlands of Costa Rica’s most famous coffee-growing region, Tarrazú. Luz Marina’s coffee is grown under shade, and the perfectly ripe cherries are hand-picked and sorted for quality at her mill.

Luz Marina takes a holistic approach to sustainability, minimizing synthetic inputs and utilizing a closed-loop fertilizing system that composts discarded coffee pulp using red-wiggler worms. Her water treatment system meets the Costa Rican government’s high environmental standards and preserves the river’s cleanliness that flows through the estate. She offers her seasonal employees outstanding housing, health care, and a state-of-the-art drinking water filtration system.

Altitude: 1,250 - 1,650 masl

Roast: Medium

Region: Tarrazú

Process: Washed

Notes: Pear, chocolate, and toffee sweetness, cinnamon, medium/soft body and medium acidity.

ROASTED IN PORT ANGELES, WA