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Located in the West Valley of Costa Rica in the
Llano Bonito de Naranjo microregion, Helsar de Zarcero is a micromill started by
three families with the goal of providing traceability
to the high quality coffee grown on their land. Today, ten families now work
to produce and mill coffee at Helsar de Zarcero. The farm is well know in the specialty coffee world for the sustainable practices used throughout the farm and the high quality of it's coffee.
The farm uses organic fertilizers that are fermented on-site
by mixing coffee cherry pulp and molasses, along with mined zinc,
boron, and other minerals. Micro-organisms are cultured from soil
collected on nearby mountains and added to the natural fertilizer in
order to provide disease protection to the coffee plants. Helsar de
Zarcero is committed to producing high quality microlots, and it shows
in the cup, which is consistently round, rich, and very sweet. This lot
is 100% Caturra, which is a natural mutant of Bourbon.
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