Granitos de Ortiz

Farmelevel Story

This coffee comes to us from the Terrazú region of Costa Rica and is the result of the hard work of the Calderon family. When crediting a “producer” for any given coffee, we’re typically referring to a single person, often a land-owner, who cultivates coffee trees, pays pickers to harvest them, oversees processing (or delivers and sells coffee to a wet mill), and is more or less directly accountable for the quality of his produce. In the case of the Calderon family, it’d be impossible to credit just one member.

Don Omar Calderon diligently manages the family’s seven farms. The three Calderon sisters—Yoanna, Diana, and Yoxise—oversee the processing at their micro-mill. And Doña Yorleni treats her guests to coffee brewed with a traditional cloth dripper in their family’s kitchen. This catuai selection comes from their 1800 MASL farm known simply as Ortiz 1800. Once the ripe cherries arrive at their micro-mill, a finely-calibrated depulper and demucilager remove the pulp and skin. The patio drying process takes 10 to 12 days.