Catuai / Sealed Honey Fermentation

The story of our partnership with Café Rivense and UreñaFamily has primal roots in 2019 when Piotr, our green coffee buyer, worked for a renown roastery in Vancouver. He remembers cupping their full honey caturra for the first time very well and this coffee has him enthralled straight away. So sweet, articulated, round and complex – that day he already knew that he’d love to work with Ricardo and his relatives some day. And this day has come today!

Café Rivense is a family-run micromill, established in 2005 by Regulo Ureña and Isabel Rojas. All their sons – Ricardo, Mario, Esteban and Luis – are deeply involved in running the farm. It’s located in mid-southern part of Costa Rica, in a micro region called Chirripó. It’s not that far away from the capital, San Jose, but the long and winding drive through the middle of the mountain range can pose a serious bellychallenge for many gringos.