Costa Rica - Aquiares Estate
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£37.00/kg
£37.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.67 for an 18 g espresso dose
Price observed 11 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.
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What Behind the Label Coffee says about this coffee
Flavour Profile - Brown Sugar / Citrus
Region: Turrialba, Cartago
Process: Red Honey
Producer: Diego Robelo, Aquiares Estate
Our first ever Costa Rican coffee! I’m really happy with how this one is tasting. It’s clean and sweet, with a lovely brown sugar note and a bright citrus finish.
Aquiares was founded in 1890 on the slopes of the Turrialba Volcano. The name means “land between rivers”, and that’s exactly where you’ll find it, between the Aquiares and Turrialba rivers. Coffee grows here in volcanic soils between 820 and 1,400 metres, under shade trees that help protect the soil and give birds a place to live.
One of my favourite parts of the Aquiares story is what Diego’s father, Alfonso Robelo, did when he took over the running of the estate. The farm owned the houses its workers lived in, so Alfonso set up a way for families to own their homes. Over time, what began as housing for farm workers grew into a town where people own homes and run businesses of their own.
Diego Robelo and his team grow, process and mill their coffee on the estate. They also set aside plots to trial different coffee varieties and see which ones grow well in Turrialba’s conditions. Aquiares bu…
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1% for the Planet
“So far, that means funding 500 coffee trees in Timor Leste through Raw Material's 11 Million Trees project, giving 50c from every bag of Santo Antônio sold directly back to the farm that grew it, and committing 1% of annual revenue to environmental causes through 1% for the Planet.” their page (opens in a new tab)
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