Costa Rica - Monte Copey "El Alto" Yellow Honey Catuai

Roasted to order — ships within 1 week of your roast date.

An elegant yellow honey Costa Rican single origin from the Dota Valley

Costa Rica Monte Copey "El Alto" is a single origin coffee grown high in the Dota Valley of Tarrazu by the Navarro family. Processed as a yellow honey and roasted light for filter, it pours floral and refined, layered with dried fruit and berries. Built for pour-over and slow mornings at home.

Tasting Notes

Dried Fruit · Berries · Floral
Elegant and refined in the cup, with a gentle, clean finish that keeps the florals and fruit front and centre.

Coffee Details

About This Coffee

Monte Copey sits high above the Dota Valley in Tarrazu, one of Costa Rica's most celebrated coffee regions. In 2009 brothers Enrique and Josue took over the family farms and set out to produce some of the finest coffee in the country, investing in a Penagos mechanical depulper and building 22 raised drying tables to lift the coffee off the ground and slow the drying for cleaner, more even results.

The farm spans close to 20 hectares across five plots, with around 15 hectares under coffee. Every lot is kept separate by plot, variety, picking day and process. The same families have returned to pick here for two decades, trained to select only perfectly ripe cherries and hand-sort after harvest. Farming is sustainable — environmentally friendly fertilisers, no pesticides, and an annual soil analysis to keep the land healthy.

This "El Alto" lot is a Red Catuai processed as a yellow honey, where the cherry is depulped but a portion of the sticky mucilage is left on the bean to dry. The result is a delicate, floral cup that holds its dried-fruit and berry character — a real expression of high-altitude Tarrazu.

How to Brew Costa Rica Monte Copey

This is a delicate, filter-forward coffee — here is a reliable pour-over starting point. Treat it as a base and adjust to taste.

If the cup tastes sharp or thin, grind a little finer; if it turns bitter or dry, go coarser. Small steps make a big difference with a light roast like this.

How Much Coffee Is in a Bag?

At a filter dose of around 15 g per cup, a 250 g bag makes roughly 16 cups and a 1.5 kg bag makes around 100 cups. That is a lot of mornings with a genuinely rare, high-altitude single origin you will not find on every shelf — savour it slowly and brew it fresh.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this better as espresso or filter?
Filter. This is a light-roast yellow honey single origin built for pour-over and other filter methods, where its floral, dried-fruit and berry notes come through clean and elegant. You can pull it as espresso, but filter shows it best.

What does Costa Rica Monte Copey taste like?
Elegant and refined, leading with floral aromatics over dried fruit and berries. It is delicate and clean rather than heavy or chocolatey, with a gentle finish — a classic high-altitude Tarrazu profile.

What is yellow honey processing?
The cherry is depulped but some of the sweet mucilage is left on the bean to dry, rather than being fully washed off. It sits between washed and natural, giving a clean cup with a touch more sweetness and body.

How fresh is the coffee?
We roast to order and ship within one week of your roast date. For the brightest flavour, rest the beans a few days after roasting, then brew within four to six weeks and keep them sealed away from light and heat.

Do you offer free shipping?
Yes — free shipping within Malaysia on orders over RM80. We roast fresh in Kuala Lumpur and ship nationwide.

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