Coffees Olfactory Coffee

Costa Rica

Olfactory Coffee · Cornwall

RIOS DE ESPERANZA

Milk chocolate · Dates · Caramel

ChocolateCaramel and sweetFruityDecafFor espressoFor filter

£38.00/kg

21% above similar on their 250 g bag

£38.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.68 for an 18 g espresso dose

The badge compares the standard 250 g bag at £58.00/kg against 662 coffees from 413 roasters in Decaf (standard bag, 200–350 g), so that every coffee is compared on the same size.

Price observed 4 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

Delivery cost not stated by the roaster

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BagPricePer kilo
250 g£14.50£58.00/kg
1 kg£38.00£38.00/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 34% cheaper per kilo than the 250 g.

How it sits among coffee from Costa Rica

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Costa Rica: 258 of 395 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Olfactory Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, chocolate. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Costa Rica; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Costa Rica, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Costa Rica coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country
Costa Rica
Process
washed
Altitude
800 to 1400 m
Not stated
region, farm or estate, producer, variety, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

Taste: Milk chocolate, Dates, Caramel Farm: Aquiares Estate Country: Costa Rica Region: Bahia Turriaba Variety: Esperanza Process: Washed Altitude: 800 - 1400 masl… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Taste: Milk chocolate, Dates, Caramel Farm: Aquiares Estate Country: Costa Rica Region: Bahia Turriaba Variety: Esperanza Process: Washed Altitude: 800 - 1400 masl… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Organic certification

Taste: Milk chocolate, Dates, Caramel Farm: Aquiares Estate Country: Costa Rica Region: Bahia Turriaba Variety: Esperanza Process: Washed Altitude: 800 - 1400 masl Producer: Don Alfonso & family Certificate: Organic CO2 certified… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Decaffeination method

Taste: Milk chocolate, Dates, Caramel Farm: Aquiares Estate Country: Costa Rica Region: Bahia Turriaba Variety: Esperanza Process: Washed Altitude: 800 - 1400 masl Producer: Don Alfonso & family Certificate: Organic CO2 certified RIOS DE ESPERANZA Decaf Espresso Filter Organic Decaf subtitle_Organic Decaf… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Decaffeinated

“Decaf from £12 per 250g or £31/kg, delivered weekly, fortnightly or monthly with free delivery every time.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Choose your subscription This incredible ‘Don Alfonso’ coffee represents the very best of the harvest from the famous Aquiares Estate in Turrialba, Costa Rica.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

Taste: Milk chocolate, Dates, Caramel Farm: Aquiares Estate Country: Costa Rica Region: Bahia Turriaba Variety: Esperanza Process: Washed… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 3 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.

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