Hermosa - Costa Rica

Tastes like: Honey, Peach, Almond

Strength (Roast level - Light to Dark): 3

Process: Honey 

Roast Profile: Medium to Light

Origin: Santa Maria, Costa Rica

Best if you:

✔ Drink filter coffee

✔ Like sweet fruity, nutty flavours

This coffee is sourced from a cooperative of smallholder farmers based in the small town of Santa Maria at the centre of the coffee-growing region of Tarrazu.

The cooperative was the first coffee processor in the world to be certified as carbon neutral, back in 2011. The majority of the farmland is also forest-protected, offering a haven for birdlife as well as wild boar.

As a honey-processed coffee, the cherries have been de-pulped but allowed to dry without being washed. This method leaves the stick mucilage (fruit pulp) around the bean, giving the coffee an almost honey-like flavour, with good clarity and a medium body.

This filter has all the sweetness you’d expect, with a milk chocolate body and juicy peach and almond notes. You’ll enjoy a bright and complex coffee with a truly silky mouthfeel.

We recommend pairing with: Honey granola

Best brewing methods:

✔ V60/pour over: brings out lighter, fruity notes

✔ Cafetiere: highlights sweetness and body

How do I brew this coffee? Explore our brew guides to find the right method for you. 

We removed seals on our bags to reduce plastic in our packaging, to keep your coffee as fresh as possible you can use our convenient coffee clips or our stylish coffee tins.

This Costa Rican offering from Volcano Coffee Works hails from the Santa Maria region of Tarrazu, one of the country's most established coffee-growing areas. Processed using the honey method—a technique that retains some fruit contact during drying—this lot develops sweetness and fruit-forward characteristics typical of that approach. The roaster identifies honey, peach, and almond in the cup, suggesting a balance between the inherent sweetness of the process and stone-fruit clarity. Honey-processed coffees tend to bridge natural and washed styles, offering both body and clarity on the flavor wheel.