Santa Lucia Certified Organic

Coffee Info

• Country: Costa Rica
• Region: Naranjo
• Farmer: Ricardo Perez Barrantes
• Elevation: 1,750 meters above sea level
• Processed at: Helsar micro mill
• Varietals: Typica, Villalobos, Caturra

Story 

Transcend's founder, Poul Mark has visited this farm three times now: once in the spring of 2009 and twice in 2010. The Santa Lucía farm and the Helsar mill is owned by Ricardo Perez Barrantes who has over 30 years of experience in growing coffee and understands the nuances of processing in order to achieve the highest levels of quality. Poul recounts that while visiting the farm, he was excited to see Ricardo playing with a small home roaster so that he could begin to assess the quality of his product; “he was brewing his coffee in a French press, it is rare for a farmer to actually taste his own coffee, yet alone have the opportunity to roast it and sample the quality right on the farm.”

Ricardo Perez and his partners the Rodriguez Bros. have been producing amongst the best organic coffees in Costa Rica. For some years now, their farms, Santa. Lucía and Los Anonos have won COE and Cosecha de Oro first places, which confirm the impeccable milling and state-of-the-art organic management in their farms. They also process conventional coffee from a small select group of their neighbors at the Helsar mill. The micro-region of Llano Bonito is considered to be blessed by perfect weather conditions for the production of superb coffees. They assure premium prices to these producers and manage their milling with absolute traceability.

The Helsar De Zarcero micro mill where this coffee is processed was certified as being carbon neutral for the period of May 2011 - May 2012 by the Control Union Certification Body. This is truly an exceptional achievement and something to be celebrated. 

note: this is the same coffee that was sold under the name Helsar de Zarcero last year. We've changed the name to reflect the farm name rather than the mill name for better traceability and to recognize the significant efforts of the farmers at the Santa Lucia farm.

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