Seasonal Costa Rica 250g Beans

This Costa-Rica coffee isn’t just a coffee—it’s a story of dedication from 1,300 producer families in the local Tarrazú region of Costa Rica, that have been proudly tending to these coffee farms for years. Nestled between the Pacific Coast and the Talamanca Sierra, where the Central Valley’s unique geography works in union. Coastal moisture gets trapped and transformed into rainfall, while the high altitudes and sunny skies give these coffee cherries everything they need to be of superior quality.

Perched atop a picturesque mountain in Costa Rica’s renowned Tarrazú region, Finca La Pastora is one of these speciality farms. “La Pastora” a micro region is known to be rich in volcanic soil and known to offer some of the best Costa Rican coffee. Having long been a trusted supplier of high-quality coffee cherries to esteemed mills like the Beneficio Rio Tarrazú and the Palmichal Micro Mill. The area has been nurtured for generations, by the Montero family. Who have always ensured that each harvest contributes to the region’s reputation for excellence. However, the Montero family’s journey didn’t stop at cultivation. Carlos Montero, a visionary in Costa Rica’s micromill revolution, took the bold step of establishing coffee processing capabilities on their own land—a move that transformed their legacy into a distinguished name in speciality coffee.

With a Q-grade cupping score of 84, Finca La Pastora’s coffee reflects the expertise, heritage, and innovation that define the Montero family’s commitment to quality. This farm is more than a producer—it is a steward of tradition, ensuring that every bean tells the story of hard work, resilience, and the pursuit of excellence

Once harvested, the coffee makes its way to special mills in the local area such as the NKG Beneficio Palmichal, a mill that takes quality seriously. Every bean is carefully sorted and processed to meet Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) standards, ensuring the end product lives up to its name. As well as this, the mill introduced a nursery programme that has planted over 350,000 rust-resistant coffee seedlings. Highlighting just one of the many ways that these local mills support and work with producers and farms to ensure quality alongside sustainability. The Palmichal Micro Mill, added in 2015, adds even more versatility, allowing for experimental processes like the sought-after Costa Rica Sonora Honey Natural which is found locally within Tarrazú. Expanding flavours that are unique to the area.

This coffee is a perfect harmony of nature, tradition, and innovation, reflected in every sip. Bright and lively notes of rhubarb and berry lead the way, delivering a juicy, fruit-forward profile. A subtle white wine acidity adds a delicate, crisp sophistication, while a smooth milk chocolate finish rounds it out, leaving a creamy, comforting sweetness on the palate.

Why Our Coffee is The Best?

Sourcing the Pick of the Crop

Established relationships with producers and the coffee farming community means we can consistently source the best Arabica and Robusta beans from over 40 origins across the Coffee Growing Belt. At Kingdom Coffee we always demand the pick of the crop. We buy Grade 1 or “Strictly High Grown” – SHG coffee beans. By selecting only coffee beans from the highest elevations we can be sure that the bean has matured more slowly, grown to a larger size and with more density to create a consistently great taste profile.

There’s no denying that coffee grown at higher elevations produces the best flavour profiles, which is then sorted and graded by the farmers with greater care and attention and therefore command a higher premium price which we are very happy to pay! We believe passionately that farmers should be rewarded fairly for their hard work and the quality of their crop.

 

 

Investing in the Purest and Cleanest Roast

ROASTING BETTER: We are unique in that we roast on a clean bed of air in small batches as opposed to conventional drum roasting - only 1% of coffee is roasted this way. Air roasting elevates the natural sweetness to give a smooth and pure taste. Unlike traditional roasting, the chaff, the skin of the bean, that surrounds the raw bean is removed during the air process whilst in normal roasting this is burnt onto the bean. This makes the resultant air roasted beans more pure as the beans will taste less burnt and acidic.

CONSISTENCY: Another benefit to Air Roasting is consistency - typical roasters rely upon roasting “to colour“ which returns a high degree of variance from batch to batch. The Air Roasters rely upon exact metrics such as temperature and time with specific profiles that have been developed by our Q Grader, a certified coffee professional, to suit the particular bean. An exact science rather than guess work.

 

 

Protecting the Environment

We all have to recognise and assess our individual impact upon the environment. Our new Air Roaster uses 30% less energy than a typical roaster and reduces wasted heat by recirculating it in a fully enclosed system. We have a catalytic converter to ensure that harmful gases released are reduced by around 96%. Committing further to minimise our impact on the planet we have moved our packaging to 100% curb-side recyclable. This new packaging still protects that fresh roasted taste.

 

 

OUR BEANS are amongst the freshest on the market, being roasted to stock in the UK as opposed to importing roasted beans on a much longer timescale. Our Neotech roaster is more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and better than conventional drum roasters in that it can roast in specific small batches with unique roasting profiles that are able to compensate product variations and unfold the unique flavour of each individual coffee blend whilst reducing wasted heat by recirculating in the fully enclosed system.

Our range of Ethical coffees support our partnership with Toybox, who we aim to donate £100,000 over a period of ten years, having donated £50,000 in the last 5 years. This enabled Toybox to provide the resources needed for the street outreach team throughout 2020, conducting 240 visits to children in the most high-risk areas in Guatemala City as well as deliver 100 children across the city a warm and nutritious meal each week. Your continued support of Kingdom Coffee means that we can fund vital projects like this so thank you very much!