🇨🇷Costa Rica

Alejo Castro

Alejo Castro is a modern coffee producer and the owner of the historic Volcan Azul estate in Costa Rica. He is recognized for his focus on sustainability, traceability, and the implementation of precise, modern processing techniques to elevate coffee quality.

Farm: Volcan Azul →

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History

Alejo Castro manages the century-old Volcan Azul farm, which is located in the West Valley region of Costa Rica. He has significantly modernized the estate's operations by focusing on plot-based planting and the cultivation of a wide variety of botanical cultivars. He is actively involved in the specialty coffee movement, emphasizing both traditional quality and innovative processing methods.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.