Costa Rica | Aquiares - Whole Bean
Whole Bean Coffee
[KOH-STUH • REE-KUH • UH-KWEE-AR-ES]
Process: Red Honey
Raw Sugar, Lemon Custard, Caramel
The Aquiares Estate Farm was founded in 1890, but it became the operation it is today in the 1980’s by Alfonso Robelo. Alfonso arrived in Costa Rica as a refugee from Nicaragua and transformed the land into a community built up around coffee.
Alfonso challenged the status quo, transforming the relationship between landowner and farm workers. He brought a visionary approach to Aquiares, a farm suffering from prices and instability. Aquiares had more than 200 employee homes on the farm, but because none owned their home, there was great insecurity in the workforce. Alfonso saw this as an opportunity to strengthen the company by having people feel pride in the coffee they produce. He evolved the farm into a small town where workers purchased their own homes. Today, Aquiares remains a model of sustainable agriculture.
Grown and processed on the Aquiares Estate, this farm is the largest in Costa Rica. With a focus on carbon neutrality, wildlife, and equity the Aquiares Estate is an innovator in specialty coffee.
Smooth and sweet with notes of red wine and a syrupy body, this anaerobic process coffee has a beautiful plum finish.
The Centroamericano variety was especially selected for Anaerobic Natural processing because of its high mucilage content. The cherries are floated and washed with fresh water but not depulped. Afterwards, the coffee cherries are placed in a stainless steel tank with a one-way air valve.
Whole Bean Coffee
[KOH-STUH • REE-KUH • UH-KWEE-AR-ES]
Process: Red Honey
Raw Sugar, Lemon Custard, Caramel
The Aquiares Estate Farm was founded in 1890, but it became the operation it is today in the 1980’s by Alfonso Robelo. Alfonso arrived in Costa Rica as a refugee from Nicaragua and transformed the land into a community built up around coffee.
Alfonso challenged the status quo, transforming the relationship between landowner and farm workers. He brought a visionary approach to Aquiares, a farm suffering from prices and instability. Aquiares had more than 200 employee homes on the farm, but because none owned their home, there was great insecurity in the workforce. Alfonso saw this as an opportunity to strengthen the company by having people feel pride in the coffee they produce. He evolved the farm into a small town where workers purchased their own homes. Today, Aquiares remains a model of sustainable agriculture.
Grown and processed on the Aquiares Estate, this farm is the largest in Costa Rica. With a focus on carbon neutrality, wildlife, and equity the Aquiares Estate is an innovator in specialty coffee.
Smooth and sweet with notes of red wine and a syrupy body, this anaerobic process coffee has a beautiful plum finish.
The Centroamericano variety was especially selected for Anaerobic Natural processing because of its high mucilage content. The cherries are floated and washed with fresh water but not depulped. Afterwards, the coffee cherries are placed in a stainless steel tank with a one-way air valve.
Whole Bean Coffee
[KOH-STUH • REE-KUH • UH-KWEE-AR-ES]
Process: Red Honey
Raw Sugar, Lemon Custard, Caramel
The Aquiares Estate Farm was founded in 1890, but it became the operation it is today in the 1980’s by Alfonso Robelo. Alfonso arrived in Costa Rica as a refugee from Nicaragua and transformed the land into a community built up around coffee.
Alfonso challenged the status quo, transforming the relationship between landowner and farm workers. He brought a visionary approach to Aquiares, a farm suffering from prices and instability. Aquiares had more than 200 employee homes on the farm, but because none owned their home, there was great insecurity in the workforce. Alfonso saw this as an opportunity to strengthen the company by having people feel pride in the coffee they produce. He evolved the farm into a small town where workers purchased their own homes. Today, Aquiares remains a model of sustainable agriculture.
Grown and processed on the Aquiares Estate, this farm is the largest in Costa Rica. With a focus on carbon neutrality, wildlife, and equity the Aquiares Estate is an innovator in specialty coffee.
Smooth and sweet with notes of red wine and a syrupy body, this anaerobic process coffee has a beautiful plum finish.
The Centroamericano variety was especially selected for Anaerobic Natural processing because of its high mucilage content. The cherries are floated and washed with fresh water but not depulped. Afterwards, the coffee cherries are placed in a stainless steel tank with a one-way air valve.
