Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve

Among the original Micro-mill Revolutionaries, the Calderon family built their formidable Los Angeles micro-mill in the early 2000s upon leaving the Coopedota cooperative. Prior to the Micro-mill Revolution, farmers would deliver cherries to a centralized mill like Coopedota.

By establishing their own private micro-mills, farmers for the first time could take control of processing and marketing their coffees, and establish direct relationships with buyers.

The landscape of Tarrazú is filled with many peaks and valleys in the central area of the Cordillera Talamanca. The slopes can be extremely treacherous, but the final product is well worth the trouble as Tarrazú is widely considered one of the best places on earth to grow coffee.

The Calderon Family calls the beautiful town of Santa María in Dota, Tarrazú home, where they have an amazing infrastructure of farms. Don Cayito, run by Ricardo Calderon and his son Diego sits high atop the peaks of Tarrazu with bursting trees of Catuai, Caturra, and a small lot of Gesha. These trees are situated on very steep hillsides, which allow for amazing soil complexity and the presence of sunlight for ample nutrition to the trees. In 2011 and 2018, the Calderon family made history with Finca Don Cayito by winning the Costa Rican Cup of Excellence.