Beneficio San Diego is the most modern mill in Costa Rica. It was established in 1888 and has been innovating ever since. Today Beneficio San Diego specializes in coffees from Tarrazú and Tres Ríos regions. The mill takes pride in striving for ever increasing efficiency and quality standards. At the same time, it has taken a leading role in working with producers to ensure good community relations and sustainable production.
As the average farm size of three hectares in the Tarrazú region, this unique honey coffee is produced by a community of farmers who deliver to the San Diego wet mill. These are carefully selected during the harvest, based on their farm condition and cherry ripeness.
Costa Rican Tarrazu San Diego Jaguar Honey
- FLAVOR: Raspberry, Plum, Almond
- BODY: Medium
- ACIDITY: Bright
- PROCESS: Honey
Volcafe Costa Rica is the country’s largest exporter, and 35% of the total production volume goes through our sister company every year. That means there are a lot of opportunities to discover the next big thing in coffee innovation.
After the honey processing boom, producers have shifted towards anaerobic and thermic experiments. “Some farmers have mastered anaerobic processing, while others are still in a trial-and-error phase,” said Ricardo.
We’re especially excited to cup incoming samples of single-varietal lots, a single-producer lot from a woman in Tarrazú, and a Blue Zone microlot from Costa Rica very soon. But esoteric microlots are not the only coffees on the table. We’re eagerly looking forward to clean, washed Costa Rica coffees and, one of our perennial favorites, San Diego Honey.