Costa Rica — Enrique Navarro Monte Copey La Mesa Tipica (Cherry-Rested)

Tastes Like — 🫐 Cranberries • 🍒 Dark Cherries • 🍊 Ripe Tropical

DETAILS
Producer: Enrique Navarro and family
Farm: Monte Copey — La Mesa Plot
Region: Dota Valley, Tarrazú, Costa Rica
Varietal: Tipica
Process: Cherry-Rested (Reposado), Honey
Altitude: 1,900–2,000 MASL
Size: 250g

INTRO

Monte Copey is one of Koppi's most cherished long-term producer relationships. This Tipica lot from the La Mesa plot has been processed as a cherry-rested "reposado" — coffee cherries rested in sealed barrels for 48 hours before honey processing, a technique that amplifies the natural sweetness and complexity of the Tipica varietal to remarkable effect.

The result is a coffee of striking intensity: dark cherry depth, vibrant cranberry acidity, and a richness of character that speaks to the extraordinary care invested at every stage of production.

THE PRODUCER

In 2009 the brothers Enrique and Josue Navarro took over the family-owned farms belonging to Monte Copey, investing in a Penagos mechanical depulping machine and building 22 drying tables — early steps in their path towards producing some of Costa Rica's finest coffees. Monte Copey is divided into 5 plots of approximately 20 hectares total, with 15 planted with coffee.

All coffees are separated by farm, cultivar, and picking date. The same families have returned to work at the farm for over 20 years, trained to pick only perfectly ripe cherries. Koppi has worked with Monte Copey since 2010: when they began, production was 80 bags annually — today it is 250–300 bags, achieved without any compromise to quality.

THE PROCESS

The Cherry-Rested (Reposado) process at Monte Copey involves:

• 🍒 Selective Hand-Picking — Only perfectly ripe cherries picked and sorted
• 📅 Cherry Resting — Whole cherries rested in sealed plastic barrels for 48 hours, developing sweetness and complexity through controlled natural fermentation
• 🔧 Depulping — After resting, cherries are depulped retaining honey-level mucilage
• ☀️ Raised Bed Drying — Coffee dries slowly on raised beds in Tarrazú's cool mountain climate
• ✅ Lot Separation — Traceable to plot, picking date, and process batch

The 48-hour cherry rest imparts a fruit-forward richness impossible to achieve through conventional processing alone, making this one of Monte Copey's most distinctive and sought-after lots.

THE CUP

Monte Copey La Mesa Cherry-Rested Tipica is intense, sweet, and deeply satisfying — dark cherry and cranberry flavours with a luscious tropical character. The reposado process adds a layer of sweetness and complexity to Tipica's natural elegance, producing a cup that is both structured and indulgent.

Flavour Notes

• 🫐 Cranberries
• 🍒 Dark Cherries
• 🍊 Ripe Tropical