Exotic, sweet, and a generous helping of chocolatey delight! Costa Rica Vista Paraiso from Friedhats Coffee Roasters will take you on a flavor vacation you’ll never want to leave. Imagine juicy guava, sweet pickled peaches, and delicate cocoa that beautifully rounds out the whole experience. This coffee is like a tropical dessert in liquid form—pleasantly sweet, fruity, and yet beautifully balanced. It’s the perfect companion for those moments when you want to treat yourself to something truly exceptional and let yourself be carried away by a vibrant palette of flavors.
To find these intriguing beans, we head to Costa Rica, to the Chirripó region in the Pérez Zeledón area. This is where the Vista Paraiso farm is located, and its harvest is processed at the local Corazón de Jesús processing station. The coffee trees grow at an elevation of approximately 1, 700 meters, where local conditions allow the coffee cherries to ripen slowly. The cup showcases the Catigua variety, which—combined with the local terroir and meticulous processing—delivers an interesting and unmistakable flavor profile.
The resulting fruity sweetness is achieved through the dry (natural) processing method. In this method, the harvested coffee cherries are dried whole, including the skin and pulp, so that the beans remain in contact with the fruit’s pulp throughout the drying process. During this process, their natural flavor characteristics gradually develop, and the resulting coffee acquires a more pronounced sweetness and fruity character. It is precisely the natural processing that beautifully highlights notes of exotic guava and sweet peaches, while cocoa adds a pleasant depth to the cup and a delicate, dessert-like finish.
- Farm: Vista Paraiso
- Processing station: Corazon de Jesus (Alvarado family)
- Elevation: 1,700 m above sea level