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Mario Arraya Mora | Finca Llano Bonito
1800 masl
Red Catuai
Clay loam
Tarrazú region, San José Province, Costa Rica
Black Honey
Flavor Profile
Costa Rica's Micro Mills
For a long time, Costa Rica has been well-known for its exemplary cooperatives, and it still is. Coops here are large, stable, supportive enterprises and part of a thriving environmentally-friendly agricultural sector that Costa Rica's federal government seriously supports.
Despite the benefits of cooperative farming, a “micro-mill revolution” began in Costa Rica in the early 2000s, as small-scale centralized processing sites began emerging on family estates. This local entrepreneurship and access to select farms created a brand new market for Costa Rica. Individual farms became new brands, competition increased, higher prices ensued, and a range of cup profiles that Central America hadn’t seen before suddenly renewed the roasting world’s appreciation for Costa Rica’s potential.
Los Cuarteles
Los Cuarteles was formulated in 2014 by Mario Arraya Mora. Mario wanted the family farm to process their own coffee and have a higher value business to leave to his children. The microlots produced here are typically very mucilage-heavy honeys, since the mill does not have a demucilaginator—a type of pulper that uses extra water and friction to scrub away layers of mucilage during the pulping process. The resulting cups are heavy with sticky sweetness and body, but also very clean and fruit forward.
