Monte Alto. Cafe de Costa Rica

About This Coffee

This single origin coffee comes from the Monte Alto farm in the Tarrazú region of Costa Rica, produced by Gerardo Arias Camacho. Grown at 1,500-1,800 meters above sea level on volcanic andisol soils, this Typica variety is honey processed. The coffee offers tasting notes of peach, orange, cookie, and jasmine. Gerardo manages both the agronomic cultivation and coffee processing, ensuring complete traceability from plant to cup with clean profiles, bright acidity, and defined sweetness characteristic of the region.

Origin

Tarrazú (Costa Rica)

Flavor Notes

Jasmine, Peach, Orange, Cookie, Melocotón, Naranja, Galleta, Jazmín, Plum, Biscuit

Roast Level

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Processing

Honey, Natural

Typology

Arabica

Typica, Red Catuai

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Kima Coffee

Rabi Aouam trained as a barista starting in 2010, won the Andalusian Barista Championship in 2014, and began roasting commercially in 2018 without a fixed space. By 2021 he had a roastery and tasting room in the center of Malaga, and the operation quickly gained momentum. Kima was named Best Specialty Coffee of Spain in 2024 and ranked in the top 100 coffee destinations worldwide by Neodrinks in 2025. Rabi works exclusively with 100% Arabica specialty coffee, hand roasting each batch and selecting from a wide range of origins that includes rare varietals like Geisha from Colombia and Wild Orchid Liberica from Vietnam. An in house academy trains professionals from the hospitality sector, with baristas traveling to Malaga specifically for the courses. The philosophy is direct: flavor, traceability, zero artifice.

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