Costa Rica
Tarrazú
Café Solís & Cordero S.A
Finca Voo
Catuai
Natural
January–February
1650 meters
N/A
69 kg w/ GrainPro
SOLD OUT
Café Solís & Cordero S.A was founded in 2018 by the Solís Cordero family with the purpose to offer fair and stable business opportunities for coffee producers in the surrounding region. Mr. Iván Solís, one of the owners of the business, has worked since the late 1990s in the processing and sale of coffee, bringing years of experience to the family’s young micromill initiative and helping to guide them through the first years. Along with processing and exporting coffee cherries, Solis & Cordero also conditions coffee in their warehouse for other processors, consults on processing and quality control, and roasts coffee for sale domestically.
This lot of Catuai coffee underwent Natural processing at Café Solís & Cordero S.A. drying on raised beds.
The Tarrazú region lies in the high mountains of the southern Pacific region south of Costa Rica’s capital city of San Jose and is one of the most densely planted high altitude regions in Central America, with many farms at or above 2000 meters above sea level. It is locally known as “Zona de Los Santos” for the number of towns with “San” or “Santa” in their names.
Tarrazú’s climate is characterized by two well-defined seasons; a rainy season lasting seven months (May through November) and a dry season (December through April). This encourages uniform coffee blossoming. On average, precipitation is between 2,400 millimeters (94.5 inches) per year, with an average annual temperature of 19°C (66.2°F).
The fertile, volcanic soils and rolling mountainsides of Tarrazu are well-suited for agriculture, and smallholders grow bananas, avocado, and citrus as well as coffee on properties passed between generations. The spirit of community and family is strong in Tarrazu, with producers caring for their land with pride. Many farms in Tarrazú include primary forest and some degree of shade trees interspersed with coffee and producers take care to protect the natural water sources that spring up from the mountainsides.
