Seasonal Costa Rica Perez Zeledon 250g Beans

From the highlands of Pérez Zeledón in southern Costa Rica and grown at high elevations between 1,500 and 1,650 metres above sea level, this speciality coffee comes to us from a micro-lot from Don Rolando through a fantastic coffee Co-operative called CoopeAgri.

Founded in 1962 by a small group of farmers seeking a more stable and equitable future, today, CoopeAgri represents more than 8,000 producers and families. Don Rolando itself is a standout member of the Co-operative who cultivates high quality varietals such as Caturra and Catuai. Both compact, high performing varietals with roots in the Bourbon lineage. These conditions, along with experienced farming practices, contribute to the reliable quality that this origin is well known for.

Harvesting at Don Rolando is carried out by hand, with workers carefully selecting the ripest cherries from the trees throughout the season to ensure peak maturity. Once the cherries reach peak ripeness, they’re handpicked and delivered to CoopeAgri’s central wet mill, where flotation removes under-ripe fruit before mechanical pulping and fermentation. The beans are then fully washed with fresh water and dried using drying beds that bask in open sunlight or shelter under poly tunnels.

The final product is carefully milled and sorted before being evaluated by CoopeAgri’s internal quality team. Every batch is cupped and scored, with detailed feedback shared with producers to support continuous quality improvements. This attention to traceability and quality control ensures that only the finest lots, like this season’s coffee, make it to export.

What makes CoopeAgri notable, beyond their coffee, is their commitment to sustainable and community-based development. Income from coffee sales is reinvested into programs such as organic fertiliser production, reforestation, environmental education, and local healthcare access. We are proud to work with a Co-op that model not only supports the economic sustainability of producers, but also the broader wellbeing of the region itself.

This coffee has been chosen for its mellow and sweet taste notes that pair well with the ending of the summer season. You’ll find notes of honey, crisp apple, and caramel, all wrapped in a smooth, medium body. Its balance and approachability make it a consistent favourite, particularly for those seeking a lighter, nuanced brew with dependable quality.

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!