AQUIARES ESTATE - COSTA RICA

Goose and Badger - "One of the most progressive coffee farms in the world, we are really pleased to have beans from the Aquiares Estate back in the Roastery for a third year. Evolving from a plantation established by British farmers in 1890, Aquiares has become a model for the social and environmental good that coffee, when approached with intent, can do. Taken on by three Costa Rican families in 1971, it is now managed by the next generation. Alfonso Robelo has overseen the application of regenerative farming practices across the largest continuous coffee farm in Costa Rica, with 600Ha of tree-shaded coffee plants integrated with 200Ha of protected Rainforest.  A Rainforest Alliance certified site since 2003, the estate became Carbon Neutral in 2016, and Carbon Negative in the years that have followed."