Coffee Regions

Place shapes coffee

Costa Rica’s coffee landscapes vary by elevation, climate, soil and local practice. The coffees Buena Vida works with carry those differences into the cup.

Place shapes coffee

Get to know the origin

Different places. Distinct stories.

Choose a region and meet the families and farms behind our coffees.

A map of our origin stories. View full image ↗

Central Valley

From Sabanilla de Alajuela to the story of Brumas del Zurquí, meet the families whose work connects this landscape to your cup.

Los Santos · Dota · Tarrazú

Follow the family stories behind Juanachute and Hacienda San Isidro Labrador. Brumas also connects its story to Los Santos.

West Valley

Explore the producer and micromill stories of Helsar de Zarcero, and the farming legacy of Noble Esperanza.

Brunca · Pérez Zeledón

Marespi brings another Costa Rican landscape into the collection: a family origin where coffee growing and processing are part of the same story.

Region is the starting point. Each coffee has its own story of variety, processing and work on the farm.

Meet the place. Find your coffee.