El Salto – Costa Rica

Carlos Montero is one of the most prolific farmers to come out of the landscape of Costa Rica’s coffee-producing culture. Carlos was growing up, Costa Rica felt like a different place - it was a country on the brink of development and Carlos remembers being brought up very humbly. Eli, his father, worked as an employee of a landowner who grew coffee in the area in which Carlos’ wet mill is today.  Carlos’ dad was able to acquire some land of his own in order to grow coffee and turned out to be one of the founding members of the world-famous CoopeDota in 1960. For many years Monterero family - Lucia, Marianela, Jacob, and Maria Jose continuously built and develop their farms and eventually built a Micro Beneficio Don Eli. This gave them full control over the whole process of producing coffee. Thanks to that, they were able to produce one of the best-quality speciality coffee in Costa Rica.

The fruit coming from this farm needs to be excellent and Jacob is able to select the cherries for his unique processing from the best of what his father as well as some trusty family members and neighbors have been growing in the Los Santos Region. This particular lot was made with fruit from Jacob’s cousin’s farm in Canet. Amazing coffee fruit from another outstanding farmer. Processed at Beneficion Don Eli as a white honey.