🇨🇷Costa Rica
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Alejo Castro Kahle
Alejo Castro Kahle is a prominent coffee producer and the owner of the Volcán Azul estate in Costa Rica. He is recognized for his focus on quality, sustainability, and the implementation of modern processing techniques. He manages the farm with a commitment to innovation while maintaining deep historical ties to coffee cultivation.
Farm: Volcán Azul →History
The Volcán Azul estate has been in the family for approximately 200 years, with coffee production on the slopes of the Poás Volcano spanning over a century. Alejo Castro Kahle manages the estate today, continuing a long-standing family tradition of coffee cultivation and export. He has transitioned the farm toward a focus on specialty coffee, traceability, and modern agricultural strategies.
The farmer's day, in pictures
Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.
Coffees by Alejo Castro Kahle