Costa Rica Doka Estate La Laurina Natural 2025

Doka Estate, Costa Rica

The Doka Estate in Costa Rica’s Central Valley has been cultivating coffee for over a century under the care of the Vargas family. Established in 1908, the fertile farm has been passed down through generations, maintaining a strong dedication to quality coffee production. The estate sits among the foothills of the Poas Volcano, where it benefits from a unique microclimate and volcanic soil.

In addition to producing quality Costa Rican green coffee, the Vargas family is also involved in processing, roasting, and serving coffee in Costa Rica, as well as promoting agrotourism to invite visitors to see their lush lands. Genuine Origin’s team in Costa Rica has had a long and strong relationship with the Vargas family, and always look forward to new harvests of their exceptional coffee.

What is Laurina coffee?

This rare natural processed Laurina coffee comes with over two decades of patient research and cultivation. The Laurina variety is naturally low in caffeine, which made it so susceptible to pests that it nearly went extinct. When the Vargas family started cultivating it in 2002, it took a lot of care to coax quality harvests from this low-yielding plant. But the results are worth the effort!

Laurina’s minimal bitterness and acidity, coupled with a delicate sweetness, is often paired with floral and fruity notes that make for a delicious cup of coffee. While it’s low in caffeine, it is full of flavor.

Laurina is just one of Coffea arabica’s many varieties. Read more about coffee varieties here on our blog.

Costa Rica Green Coffee

The 2024/2025 production year in Costa Rica is forecasted to record a harvest volume of nearly 1.3 million 60-kg bags of coffee, marking another notch on a downward production trend that’s nearly 50% lower than the volume Costa Rica produced 10 years ago, according to the USDA. The trend is consistent with the decreasing number of coffee growers, increasing challenges with finding labor, and changing weather patterns.

Costa Rica’s coffee industry has always prioritized quality over quantity, uniquely valuing cherries in volume via fanega units to incentivize ripe-picking and ensuring that all stakeholders have access to universal healthcare and strong education systems. Farmers primarily grow the Caturra variety, although there's been a shift toward resilient hybrids like Obata to combat disease and climate threats, while regions across Costa Rica offer diverse flavor profiles from microlots and innovative processing.

Genuine Origin’s sister company, Volcafe Costa Rica, runs one of the oldest, but most innovative mills in the country, Beneficio San Diego. It is at the San Diego mill that many of Genuine Origin’s most cutting edge coffees are pioneered. Read more in our Costa Rica Origin Report.