Costa Rica- La Fila Natural

Café Rivense del Chirripó is a family micromill founded by Régulo Ureña and Isabel Rojas in 2005, located in the southern part of Costa Rica, in Brunca region, settled in a micro-region called Chirripó.

This natural coffee came from their farm Rivense- La Fila. La Fila is managed with a sustainable system, focused on reduce carbon footprint in the environment: proper shade management to provide organic material to soil and keep coffee trees fresh; fertilize based on annual soil analysis; use of herbicide in specific plots with strong grasses; all the water sources are protected and through the farm there are fruit trees to feed wildlife.

The coffee is picked when the cherries are ripest, put to dry in raised beds (no water used to transport the coffee) to keep pulp and mucilage full and clean, pre-dried by sun on raised beds, milled, classified and packaged in the farm with high quality standards.

We were fortunate enough to meet the Ureña family here in Richmond earlier this year.  This is Recluse's first purchase from Costa Rica and we are thrilled to know we'll be seeing these coffees every year from now on.

 Flavor profile: Grape, raspberry, tropical

Varieties: Red Catuai

Process: Natural

Altitude: 1,750 masl

Supplier/Importer: Relationship/Air-Freight