Costa Rica
Familia Calderón Martinez of Grantios de Ortiz micro mill in Tarrazú, Costa Rica. The four sisters, from left Jocksileny, Joyce, Johana and Diana Calderón Martínez, run the beneficio while their father, Omar, manages the family’s coffee plantations.
Coffee plant variety & processing options galore
It makes perfect sense that the world's largest coffee Arabica germplasm bank, CATIE, is located in Costa Rica; the country offers the widest array of coffee processing and plant varieties in the world. This is one of the few origins where younger generations are eager to continue the family coffee business. Given the massive challenges the industry is facing, we need that younger generation who are waiting to step up.
