KAWA - Santa Teresa El Toño | Costa Rica - White Honey - Catuai

Roger Ureña Hidalgo is a third-generation coffee farmer from Costa Rica who has been in the business for decades. Roger spent his childhood exploring the vast, coffee-covered mountain slopes of the Tarrazú growing region and absorbing his father and grandfather’s knowledge of coffee production. Together with his son Alex, he now owns and operates a handful of small farms, including El Vapor and a micro-mill, Beneficio Santa Teresa 2000, where all of his coffees are processed.

Roger and Alex have opened a specialty coffee shop in the small town of Guayabal, located in the valley below their farms and mill. Although specialty coffee shops are becoming more common in producing countries, they are still few and far between, especially in rural areas. Their shop will allow locals and tourists to sample the region’s excellent coffee, much of which is exported.