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Cupping Notes: milk chocolate, green apple, honey, lemon & lime
 
Process: washed process
 
Altitude: 1,200 - 1,600 meters
 
Variety: Caturra, Catuai 
 
Hacienda La Amistad
Hacienda La Amistad is a third-generation, family-run estate located in the highlands of Coto Brus Puntarenas in Southwest Costa Rica. In the 1980s, the farm transitioned to an ecologically focused model of agriculture, emphasizing restoration, conservation, and harmony with the surrounding forests. Today, the estate produces a variety of organic crops - including organic coffee - and supports ecotourism initiatives.
 
Hacienda La Amistad is now recognized as one of the largest organic coffee-producing farms in Central America, offering washed, honey, and natural process coffees.
 
Organic Green Coffee Beans
All coffee from Hacienda La Amistad is certified organic, grown in harmony with the native ecosystem. The farm’s commitment to sustainability and biodiversity is reflected in its cultivation practices, which avoid synthetic inputs and promote soil health and wildlife conservation.
 
Washed Processing
In the washed (or wet) process, coffee cherries are pulped to remove the skin and mucilage, then fermented and washed before drying. This method produces clean, bright, and vibrant flavor profiles, often with citrus, or floral notes. Hacienda La Amistad’s washed coffees reflect the clarity and elegance typical of Costa Rican terroir.
 
Costa Rican Coffee Grading System
Costa Rican coffee is graded based on altitude and sorting. Strictly Hard Bean (SHB): indicates coffee grown at altitudes greater than 1,200 meters above sea level. The high altitude generally allows the coffee-fruit sugars and flavors more time to mature before harvesting. The resulting beans are also generally denser than coffees grown at lower altitudes.
 
European Preparation (EP) refers to meticulous sorting and cleaning, ensuring beans are free from defects and foreign matter.
 
Costa Rican Coffee History
Costa Rica has developed a reputation both for high quality coffee and for innovation – a winning combination. These factors along with Costa Rica’s quality socio-economic infrastructure programs such as universal healthcare, high education levels, sophisticated agronomy and research, and well-regulated agricultural sustainability programs certainly contribute to the high cost of its coffee.