Costa Rica TICO coffee beans - SCA 83

For several years, we have been selecting our TICO coffees from the West Valley of Costa Rica. Over the years, we have worked with a more local partner to increase our quality and improve our social impact in the region.

The result: coffee with improved traceability at a fair price for the country. The project's concept is to provide a consistent volume of differentiated coffee with traceable quality while supporting a small community living in the Naranjo region.

The farms producing our TICO are part of an environmental project called NAMA, which aims to reduce greenhouse gases and improve resource efficiency at the coffee farm and production plant levels.

In practice, what does this mean? Well, there is a fund allocated to producers and mill owners to enable technical and feasibility studies, financial assistance, capacity-building measures, and other awareness-raising activities (for example, this could be training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and improved resource management in coffee farms, funding to encourage composting, and so on).

Producers are assisted by Coopro Naranjo agronomists to monitor ripening levels and determine the ideal harvest day based on brix measurements. The coffee is pulped and washed using advanced Penagos equipment to ensure consistent and efficient processing. Everything is done to produce a beautiful, clean cup for the producer, the Coop, and you.