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Costa Rica · Dota
Costa Rica Coopedota Women's Lot
18 female members of Coopedota
Intelligentsia Coffee
Coopedota
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Coopedota
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The story
Coopedota was established on October 14, 1960, by 96 small-scale coffee producers in Santa María de Dota who pooled their resources to purchase a local processing mill. Over the following decades, the cooperative expanded significantly and now represents more than 1,100 coffee-producing families across the Tarrazú region. The organization has been led by a series of managers, including Orlando López Zúñiga, Roberto Mata Naranjo, and Luis Madrigal Gómez, and continues to operate as a democratically controlled enterprise focused on the economic and social development of its members.
Challenges
The cooperative faces ongoing environmental pressures related to coffee production, which historically accounted for a significant portion of national carbon emissions. To address these climate-related challenges, Coopedota has implemented extensive sustainability initiatives, including the reduction of water and energy consumption and the transition to carbon-neutral processing.
Innovations
Intelligentsia describes Coopedota’s carbon-neutral mill, reduced-water processing, wastewater treatment, experimental farm and microlot program as central to the partnership.
Published coffees linked to this farm
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Editorial illustration🇨🇷Costa Rica
Costa Rica · Dota
Costa Rica Coopedota
Coopedota
Intelligentsia Coffee
Coopedota
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Research last reviewed: 2026-10-07