Francisco Mena of Finca Sumava in Lourdes de CirrÃ, Naranjo is new at coffee farming. But that didn't stop him from producing Costa Rica's best bean of 2016.
Judges named Francisco Mena of Monte Llano Bonito in Lourdes, Naranjo, the winner of the 2016 Cup of Excellence prize. This is the fourth time a farm in Lourdes has won top honors.
Look out Starbucks: Tico corporation Grupo Britt opened its first gourmet coffee store in Costa Rica this week at Multiplaza Escazú, west of the capital.
Juan Gabriel Cespedes beat out 36 other coffee tasters from around the world to become the first Latin American to win the 2015 World Cup Tasters Championship.
Luis Ricardo Calderón, from Santa MarÃa de Dota, drums up support for his friends' coffee during the Cup of Excellence auction Wednesday at the Specialty...
Lourdes de Cirrà — more a collection of houses perched on the high road than town — is home to three winners of the Cup of Excellence, more than any other single growing area since it started in Costa Rica in 2007.
