Finca San Luis

Finca San Luis is a five hectare farm on the Cafetalera Zamorana estate. We have been buying coffee from the Zamora family estate (made up of some ten farms) for more than a decade now, but this is only the second year that the family have produced a single farm coffee. We are delighted to have worldwide exclusivity on this speciality coffee.

Finca San Luis lies at the foot of Costa Rica’s central volcanic mountain range. The fertile, volcanic soils and mild mountain climate provide ideal conditions for growing specialty coffee. This small farm produces approximately 50 bags per crop, 30 of which are speciality coffee of the caturra varietal.

When it has been picked the coffee is taken to the estate’s processing facility in San Isidro, Alajuela. Here the cherries are pulped, washed and dried in the sun on patios. The solid coffee pulp left over at the end of the process is recycled and used as organic fertiliser on the estate, while the waste water is filtered naturally in purification lagoons.

The Zamora family has been growing coffee at the Cafatalera Zamorana estate for over 100 years and four generations. Jorge Zamora is now in charge of the family business, which he runs with the help of his five sons.