When Costa Rica became an independent country, in 1821, just one year after it had exported its first two bags of coffee to Panama, and for about the next century, coffee was literally our “golden bean” as it was the one and only economy of our country. Yes, coffee was 100% of our income as a country.

200 years of experience and trial, plus being the only country with a government law so that coffee is produced and sold sustainably, transparently and traceable, and the health and social guarantees of our country, add up to the value and exclusiveness of Costa Rican coffee, which is only around 0.8% of the coffee that exists worldwide.