Costa Rica Coffee Beans

Bean Description

Costa Rica Bromelia Fancy Washed
SHB (Strictly Hard Bean)/EP (European Preparation)

Fruity-apple, walnuts in aroma. Creamy and smooth with complex berry notes and a lingering dark chocolaty aftertaste. Med malic acidity and excellent body

Cooperative

Palmares Cooperative

Area

Many small farms are united in cooperatives (founded in 1962) – 1351 members, with all benefits, including medicare, all coffee produced by members. Bromelia production since 1998

Varietal

50% Caturra and 50% Catuai – shade grown

Harvest / Season

November to February

Annual Rainfall

1,800 mm

Annual production

± 3,000 bags

Environmental aspect

Water recycling, no coffee waste (pulped cherries are used for fertilizer)

Economic aspect

105 permanent workers, 2 supermarkets, hardware store and farm supply as well as medical centre

The Cooperative of Coffee Growers and Multiple Services of Palmares, COOPEPALMARES, was founded on January 21, 1962 by 80 small coffee growers in the canton. COOPEPALMARES is a cooperative company dedicated to the cultivation, production, processing, commercialization and international marketing of coffee. Its offices are located in the canton of Palmares, the best coffee region in the Western Valley. The coffee farms of the associates have the optimal weather conditions for the production of high-quality coffee, highlighting its location at an altitude above sea level that ranges around 1,200 meters, of fertile land and adequate rainfall at certain times of the year. To date, COOPEPALMARES has more than 1,450 associates, direct coffee producers, product of the family tradition of the pioneers of the Cooperative, who have inherited their lands to the new generations, becoming one of the country’s agricultural cooperatives with greater number of associates. Our satisfaction is to be the managing entity, advisor of the production process, grain processing, industrialization and commercialization of the best coffee in Costa Rica, directly benefiting more than 1,450 small producers. For over 50 years we have established a harmonious strategic relationship with our associates through which we have managed to increase the standard of living of more than 1,450 families represented in the Coopepalmares associates. Direct benefits of our partners:

• Payment Interest on Social Capital.
• Financing of Crops in Working Capital and Agricultural Inputs based on coffee deliveries.
• Export of coffee to different countries.
• Collective Life Policy (1980).
• Solidarity Association of collaborators (1985).
• Mutual Fund (Created in 1996).
• Support to social welfare institutions such as the Association for the Handicapped, Pain Clinic and Palliative Care, Palmares Red Cross, among others.
• Coffee Renewal Program (seedling at cost price, interest-free financing and three years term) since 2008