Goddess Manor Coffee Beans

Costa Rica boasts an abundance of specialty coffee farms, as numerous as the stars in the sky. This to some extent reflects the development of the country’s coffee industry. Today we’re introducing Dota Goddess Manor, one of the most renowned specialty coffee farms in Costa Rica’s famous Tarrazú growing region, and exploring how the interplay with Geisha translates after anaerobic enzyme washing — and how the flavors present themselves.

This washed Geisha offers flavors of vanilla, citrus, lemon, and floral-fruity notes, with a delicate and refined texture reminiscent of white grape juice. It features crisp, bright acidity, a smooth mouthfeel, and a sweet, lingering aftertaste.

Dota Goddess Manor (Finca El Diosa) Washed Geisha, medium cinnamon roast, originates from the Dota Valley in Tarrazú, Costa Rica, at an altitude of around 1,800 meters. Unlike Panamanian Geisha beans, which are often rich in lemon, citrus, and black tea-like African wildness, Costa Rican Geisha tends to exhibit more notes of vanilla, herbal freshness, and a clean flavor profile.

The Dota Valley within Costa Rica’s most famous Tarrazú region is renowned for producing micro-lot specialty beans. As early as 1865, the Dota area earned a reputation for high-quality Costa Rican coffee. This is partly because the road connecting the capital to Dota Valley passes through the Tarrazú region. As a result, when the coffee board later labeled products, they commonly marked them as Dota Tarrazú. This area features typical highland terrain, and both its soil and climate conditions — in terms of humidity and temperature — are considered top-tier for coffee cultivation.

Goddess Manor (Finca El Diosa) was established in the 1960s. The farm grows coffee using organic farming methods, utilizing native trees and fruit trees for natural shading. The fertilizer used is a mixture of coffee cherry pulp and molasses, combined with mineral-rich fertile soil from nearby mountainous areas and enhanced through microbial fermentation to produce an organic fertilizer that strengthens the coffee plants' resistance to disease. The farm also uses California red worms to cultivate organic soil and directly applies this during fertilization periods as a primary nutrient source for the coffee trees, while also intercropping multiple coffee varieties. All red, fully ripe coffee cherries are handpicked. The beans are then processed via washed and slow sun-drying (Slow Dry), using canopy covers to slow down the heating and drying process.

That concludes our introduction to Goddess Manor in the Dota region of Tarrazú, one of Costa Rica’s most famous specialty coffee-growing areas. Their exceptional craftsmanship and dedication to coffee quality have led them to perfect the anaerobic enzyme washed Geisha processing method.