Hundred House Coffee · Shropshire
Costa Rica | Finca Santa Elena
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£49.00/kg
£49.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.88 for an 18 g espresso dose
Price observed 12 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.
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What Hundred House Coffee says about this coffee
REGION : Terrazú
ALTITUDE : 1,700 MASL
VARIETAL : Catuai, Caturra
PROCESS : Honey
FLAVOUR NOTES : Prune, Green Apple, Cola
Finca and Beneficiadora Santa Elena is a 46ha farm situated on the slopes of the Caraigres mountain in the Los Santos Region, also known as Tarrazu. This washed microlot is grown at 1,650masl and includes both Caturra and Catuai varieties.
Coffee came to Costa Rica as early as 1779 and within 50 years was generating more revenue than any other crop, but by the 1830’s they were growing more coffee than the ships heading south could take. And virtually no infrastructure existed for transporting even a small amount of green coffee to the east coast of Costa Rica (where London was a mere 5,000 miles away). The distribution woes of Costa Rican coffee producers reached the ears of an up-and-coming shipping magnate named William Le Lacheur in 1841 and on Christmas day, 1841 he sailed The Monarch into port at Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and thus began a long and mutually beneficial relationship. On one voyage to London in late in 1843, the Monarch carried more than half a million pounds of Costa Rican coffee.
Coffee grows in eight coffee regions throughout Costa Ri…
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Organic
“Our coffees are naturally gluten-free and vegan, we also offer some organic certified coffees.” their page (opens in a new tab)
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