Santa Lucia - {O} - Costa Rica 2014 Verified listing

Santa Lucía coffee farm has participated in all 7 editions of CoE Costa Rica . It is an organic farm, certified by Control Union under the NOP, EU and JAS standards, and we are also certified carbon neutral. Besides coffee we also produce bananas, lemons and avocados.

We are located at 1700 meters above sea level, with an average temperature of 22º Celsius an approximately 2500 mm rainfall. We produce several varieties such as Caturra, Villalobos, Typica and Catuaí; and we are now starting with Gesha and Bourbón varieties. We think we have significantly improved in quality as we have renovated 40% of the coffee area and increased the inoculations of microorganisms resulting in a more consistent cup.

We have worked an organic production for 15 years and we have gone through difficult situations to be able to implement it, but we have managed to go ahead and mainly inculcate an environmental and sustainable awareness in the whole family.

The name of the farm is dedicated to Saint Lucia, a martyr women of the Catholic Church who defended her faith with her view. Besides, mi oldest daughter is named Lucía.

It has been an enriching experience every time we have participated, because CoE has shown us to the world with our quality and particularities. Nowadays, we are known and recognized everywhere. CoE has been very significant for our sales and is very important to our customers that we take part in this contest. I hope someday to win CoE and give that satisfaction to my parents who have always supported me and given their life to coffee.