In the heart of the Nicoya Peninsula, where the dry tropical climate shapes and challenges every harvest, grows the coffee of COOPEPILANGOSTA, a cooperative with more than six decades of history.

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Founded 63 years ago by 23 visionary producers, this coffee-growing community has worked passionately to ensure dignified employment, rural development, and high quality coffee for international markets.

 

Four generations have continued this legacy, passing on knowledge, values, and a deep connection to the land.

The farms, ranging from 3 to 5 hectares and located between 800 and 1100 meters above sea level, grow varieties well adapted to the environment such as Costa Rica 95, Obatá, and Catiguá MG2.

 

With an average of 10,000 to 15,000 plants per farm, annual yields can reach up to 100 fanegas. But beyond volume, the focus is on quality: the cooperative works with washed, honey, natural, and fermented processes all carried out in a more artisanal than industrial way, requiring meticulous care at every step.

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Their commitment to sustainability is clear. COOPEPILANGOSTA is part of Costa Rica’s pioneering NAMA Café program, which monitors and reduces greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of green coffee produced.

 

They also implement traceability practices to ensure low emission coffee, a growing value among conscious buyers.

 

The cooperative provides constant technical support to producers through workshops and innovation projects focused on climate adaptation.

 

Seeing their coffee enjoyed abroad is a deeply gratifying experience for these families, who continue to face challenges such as crop diseases and irregular flowering.

 

Their greatest motivation remains: preserving coffee-growing culture, cultivating the land with respect, and ensuring that every cup shared around the world carries with it a story of tradition, craft, and a firm commitment to a sustainable future.