Costa Rica San Rafael

Name: Costa Rica San Rafael
Brand: Highlander Roastery
Availability: InStock

ripe plum · chocolate · elegant cup

Fruity Chocolate

£38.00/kg

19% below similar

£9.50 for 250 g · about £0.68 for an 18 g espresso dose

Compared with 64 coffees from 41 roasters in washed from Costa Rica (standard bag, 200–350 g)

Price observed 5 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

Delivery cost not stated by the roaster

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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.

Highlander Roastery describe this coffee as fruity, 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

Region

Tarrazú

Process

washed

Variety

Caturra, Catuai

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, altitude, 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

Variety

“This washed coffee is made from Catuai and Caturra varieties, carefully processed to highlight its natural sweetness and clarity.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“With a creamy body, gentle acidity and notes of ripe plum and chocolate, Costa Rica San Rafael delivers a smooth and elegant cup that is enjoyable across a range of brewing methods.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Grown in Tarrazú, one of Costa Rica’s most celebrated coffee growing regions, San Rafael benefits from the area’s high altitudes, volcanic soils and ideal growing conditions.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

Processing

“This washed coffee is made from Catuai and Caturra varieties, carefully processed to highlight its natural sweetness and clarity.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

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.