The coffee that started it all! We fell in love when we first had this wonderful Costa Rican bean. An absolute must have we have been able to build the majority of our client base on the strength of this product.
Depending on the roast level, the winy flavor quality can taste more like ripe fruit than wine and is a soft muted flavor and there is chocolate throughout regardless of the roast level.
Christopher Columbus, Cristobal Colon to us), discovered Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage to the west. This of course, led to the extraordinary colonization of the new world by a tiny group of Spanish Higaldos. We thought it only fitting that a coffee that has conquered the European market for decades should be called 'El Conquistador'.
Dota is a small sub-region of the Tarrazú valley, which is more remote than the areas where most of the coffee is planted. For years, this particular coffee, El Conquistador, went to a single roaster in Germany before being distributed throughout the world. Great Dota coffees are small sized seeds with great density due to the high altitudes they are cultivated in.

Costa Rica:
Production Rank: 13th in the World
Coffee Production: 325,644,000 Costa Rica Total lbs
Coffee Exports: 289,872,000 Costa Rica Total
Growing Regions: Tarrazu, Volcan Poas, Central Valley, Tres Rios, Heredia, Alajeula, Naranjo
Growing Altitude: 3,900 + feet
Botanical Verities: Caturra, Catuai

About: Costa Rica
In the mountainous Tarrazu region at altitudes above 3,900 feet the perfect growing conditions occur. Rich, volcanic soil is drenched with over 79 inches of rainfall and 2,150 hours of sunlight each year yielding some of the worlds most sought after and prestigious coffees. These strictly hard bean coffees are prized for their bright, berry, and citrus acidity, high notes, and extremely smooth aftertaste that fades into chocolate and spice flavors. Costa Rica is the only nation in the world, which bans the production of any beans other than Arabica issuing executive order N° 19032-MAG in December 1989.