Critical Mass Coffee · United States

Long Bend Costa Rica La Alianza Madre Tierra

52/56 Agtron Medium Washed Madre Tierra means “Mother Earth,” and this lot comes from about 100 small organic family farms in Pérez Zeledón, in the mountains of southern Costa Rica. Most growers work just a few acres, with coffee planted alongside beans and corn, and bring their cherries to the cooperative’s mill at San Antonio. It’s graded SHB, Strictly Hard Bean, meaning it grew at high altitude, where cooler temperatures slow ripening and build a denser, sweeter bean. The Caturra and Catuaí cherries are carefully sorted and fully washed, then dried on raised beds. That gives a clean, bright

Merchant's tasting notes: honey, milk chocolate, citrus

Critical Mass Coffee confirms the final price, stock and shipping on their own site. Prices below were observed on 2 Nov 2026.