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10 Minutes With Maria Elena Rivera

We speak with 2019 Costa Rican Barista Champion and 2019 WBC semi-finalist Maria Elena Rivera about her career in coffee in Costa Rica. BY SUNGHEE TARKSPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo courtesy of World […]

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10 Minutes With Daniela Gutierrez

We speak with Daniela Gutierrez, manager of La Montaña Tarrazú, about the family business and specialty coffee’s importance in Costa Rica. BY JIYOON HANSPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo courtesy of Daniela Gutierrez Last […]

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10 Minutes With Monserrat Prado

We spoke with Monserrat, aka Monse, of Ditsö coffee farm in Tarrazú, Costa Rica, about the process of building her unique micro-mill. BY JIYOON HANSPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo courtesy of Fernanda Carrillo […]

Costa Rica

A Visit to Costa Rica’s Icafe

Icafe is a Costa Rican coffee institution that runs experimental coffee crops, studies coffee mutations, and builds a database about soil conditions ideal for growing. BY ERIN MEISTER SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE “How did you start […]