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Costa Rica — Coopedota

South of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, are the majestic mountains of Terrazu. Sheltered between the Pacific Coast, the Central Valley and the high peaks of the country’s central mountain range, Terrazu is among one of the worlds most famous coffee growing regions. In the mid 19th Century, inhabitants of the Central Valley migrated to the Southwestern region, known today as Los Santos. The districts of Los Santos (The Saints), San Pablo de Leon Cortes, San Marco de Terrazu and Santa Maria de Dota are all named after Saints.

Dota is a small sub region adjacent to the Terrazu valley. Tradionally coffees from this area are small sized dense beans as a result of high altitude growing conditions. This stunning region is protected by the Pacific basin range and is a sanctuary of mystical birds and forests.

The growers of the Dota co-operative understand the gift nature has provided them and have worked hard to create and maintain a reputation of high quality coffees year after year. Their co-op was founded in 1960 by 96 members, they currently have 750 members with an average farm size of 2-5 hectares. Like many well known regions, the combination of altitude, climate and coffee varieties grown play a huge role in the flavor profile we’ve grown to love from this region.