Finca Cristina A Healthy Earth Grows Great Coffee!™

Beneficio Cristina

Sun drying coffee and sacks for export

Producers and millers of fine, export coffees

Beneficio Cristina is a family business powered by personal initiative. Coffee contributes to the continuance of our efforts to promote sustainable agriculture.

Quick Facts

All our coffees are 100% Shade grown, Sun dried Arabica Beans:

  • Strictly Hard Bean (SHB) 1200-1400 m
  • High Grown Atlantic (HGA) 900-1200 m
  • Beneficio Cristina mills and markets coffee for 34 small farmers, providing fair prices for their coffee.

 

 

 

 

Ecological Mill

The mill, or beneficio--first of its kind in Costa Rica--is an integral part of the farm. Designed in 1992 to be part of a closed system with minimal impact on its surroundings and operating on the following principles, our coffee mill was presented the 'Hoja Verde' award from the Ministry of Environment and Energy in 1997.

Water use is minimized.
Coffee pulp (broza) is composted and returned to the field.
Mucilage removed during washing is processed in a biogas system (UASB reactor).
The methane is used for household cooking; the effluent provides a high quality fertilizer.
The coffee is sun dried.
Yields and quality are higher than in conventional, large mills.
Contact us!
To contact us: Café Cristina®, APDO 1-7100 Paraíso Costa Rica Tel/Fax (506) 574-6426
Toll Free 1- 800-355-8826 email: organic@cafecristina.com
Last Modified: April 15, 2005