This fantastic natural processed coffee comes from the community of San Lorenzo in the Terrazù region. We visited this Coop and some of their member’s farms back in 2020 and we’ve been buying their coffees ever since.
The communities program has been running with Coope Tarrazù since 2012, and was designed to help promote the individual characteristics of the coffee in ‘micro-zones’ of the Tarrazù region. San Lorenzo is one of those communities that regularly contribute to our line up of Costa Rican coffees and have been growing coffee for nearly 90 years.
The coffee of this region is one of the most recognised in Costa Rica and in the world and represents around 40% of the national production. This production is between 1,200 and 1,900 masl, in ideal climate and soil conditions for cultivation. Most of the plantations are under shade, with different trees in the area.
San Lorenzo is the second district of the Canton of Tarrazú, founded in 1923 and is 3.5 km away from San Marcos de Tarrazú.
Besides being so close to San Marcos, the biggest commercial point of the region, the small businesses in San Lorenzo are an important support for the economy of this community. In addition to this, the livelihood of the district is based on the coffee industry. There are approximately 211 members of this community who deliver around 3,500 fanegas of the coffee harvested each year.
Natural processed coffees are harvested fully ripe when the cherries are a deep red then transported to the local mill to be dried. The coffee is cupped many times at different stages to ensure quality remains intact.