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About Pie San
Costa Rican coffees are some of our favorites; we love the approachable complexities and variety of honey processing methods they’ve mastered. (You can read more about honey processing here!) We’ve been so fortunate to work with producers year after year who continually bring us the best.
Brothers Luis and Oscar Mongé tend to the land of Pie San; it’s their ‘project farm’ and a very important part of the growth of their mill, La Lia.
They use this land to experiment and plant many unique varieties like gesha, SL 28, pacamara and more. This lot is the catuai variety, which is historically and economically important in the country since it was introduced in 1985.
Pie San is processed using the white honey method. It’s the mildest (only a small amount of the cherry mucilage is left on for drying) of the honey processes with less intense fermented fruit qualities. We taste sweet, juicy and tart pineapple mellowed with maple-like sweetness and creamy milk chocolate.
Enjoy this beautiful and classic Costa Rican offering anyway you like; we think it’s a crowd pleaser in almost any brew method.
REGION: León Cortés, Tarrazú, Costa Rica
FARM/MILL: Pie San
VARIETAL: Catuai
ALTITUDE: 1,900 meters
PRODUCER: Luis and Oscar Mongé
PROCESS: White Honey and Sun Dried
Directly sourced with the Mongé Family through Exclusive Coffees.
Tastes like
Maple, Pineapple, Milk Chocolate
Brewing Recommendation
While we strive to roast our coffees to be enjoyable using any brewing method, try Pie San on Kalita.
Kalita Brewing Ratio - 1:16 [i.e. 25g coffee and 400g water]
Brew at home like a pro
View all brewing guidesWe ship almost all orders same or next day, Monday-Friday. We ship via USPS and typically orders take 2-5 days arrive. (But, as you may know, once we drop your package off, shipping times are out of our control.)
The coffee is usually roasted within one business day (Monday-Friday) of shipment. We recommend waiting at least 3-4 days after the roasting date before brewing. (And we think the sweet spot is around 2 weeks!)
All our coffees will be somewhere in the vicinity of a light to medium roast.
The way we approach roasting coffees is called 'profile roasting' meaning that we create a unique roasting profile for each coffee based on the characteristics of each bean (density, size, moisture level within the bean, etc) and how it reacts while roasting so that we can get what we believe to be the best expression possible for each of our coffees!
Lucky for you, any of our coffees can be brewed as espresso!
We aim to roast our coffee so that it tastes great in a variety of brew methods. (Fun fact: espresso is a brew method, not a type of coffee bean!)
If one of our offerings sounds good to you, we bet you’ll like it on espresso too! But, we always like to suggest Tres Banderas as a starting point for espresso.
No, most of our coffees aren’t ‘certified’ organic. But!! That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not grown using organic processes. For many of the farms/mills that we purchase coffee from, the cost of the certification could put them out of business — new and separate equipment, cost of application process, the time spent going through certification (multiple years), etc. You can read more on the topic in our blog post here.
We are not officially fair trade certified and typically do not purchase Fair Trade certified coffees. We believe the system is a good one, and has helped many farmers and families earn a better living, however, one thing it does not address well is quality of product, and we typically pay much higher prices for higher quality.
Fair trade usually offers farmers a small premium (about $.40) on top of whatever the current market price for coffee is. We either work directly with producers or importers that already pay well above Fair Trade prices for high quality coffees. We pay top prices for great coffees regardless of any certification. Please feel free toreach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our buying practices.
Your enthusiastic satisfaction with your order is our top priority! If you are dissatisfied with your purchase, please contact us to discuss available options.
You have 30 calendar days to return an item from the date the order was placed. To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it in and must be in the original packaging.
Please note that we cannot accept returns on coffee because it is a perishable item. If we made an error in fulfilling your coffee order, we will, of course, make it right! Just contact us and we’ll get everything sorted.
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