Costa Rica Santa Maria De Dota El Vapor Natural
TASTES OF:
Strawberry, watermelon, peach, plum, salted caramel, chocolate, baking spice
COUNTRY: Costa Rica
REGION: Dota, San José
PRODUCER: Cooperativa de de Caficultores de Dota R.L (CoopeDota)
VARIETIES: Catuai, Caturra
PROCESSING: Natural (sun dried and mechanical driers)
ALTITUDE: 1550-1950mm
ABOUT THE COFFEE
This intriguing natural from Coopedota's special selection of coffees
grown around their processing facilities in Santa Maria is always an
adventure.
El Vapor, "The Steam," is a special selection of coffee from the heart of
Costa Rica's coffee lands, in the town of Santa Maria de Dota.
Santa Maria is home to one of Costa Rica's finest cooperatives,
Coopedota. It is the world's first certified carbon-neutral coffee exporter,
but it's much more than just a supplier with a great certification. The
cooperative integrates social services and environmental protections
while producing some of the highest quality coffee available in Costa
Rica.
CoopeDota's farms stretch deep into central Costa Rica and while they
produce a significant volume, they also are deeply invested in highlighting
exceptional microlots. Coopedota provides members with educational
opportunities in addition to access to wet and dry milling services, yet the
outreach extends far beyond processing: coffee by-products are used to
fuel the mechanical drying guardiolas and water use during processing is
reduced by using eco-pulpers. The cooperative manages trash pickup in
the city of Santa Maria de Dota and has been able to repurpose waste
into renewable forms of energy.
El Vapor is comprised of the classic Central American combination of two
short-stature cultivars: Caturra and its hybrid offspring, Catuaí. Caturra is
a single-gene mutation of Bourbon, first reported in 1937 along the border
of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, while Catuaí springs from a Brazilian
cross of Mundo Novo (a spontaneous Bourbon-Typica hybrid) with Yellow
Caturra. It was developed in the 1940s but not released into the public
domain until 1970s. It retains the short stature of its Caturra heritage. The
small size allows for dense planting and high per-hectare yields.
