🇨🇷Costa Rica
Costa Rica · West Valley
Archive: Costa Rica Sumava Lactico
Francisco Mena
Verve Coffee Roasters
Sumava de Lourdes
Villa Sarchi· Natural
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Farmer profile
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Francisco Mena
Francisco Mena is the producer at Sumava de Lourdes in Costa Rica’s West Valley and a co-founder of the exporter Exclusive Coffees. Verve describes him as a long-standing Farmlevel partner whose farming, processing, and quality-control work supports recurring Costa Rican releases.
Farm: Sumava de Lourdes →History
Mena is documented by Verve and Stumptown as a specialty-coffee producer and micro-mill pioneer. His work combines Villa Sarchi and other cultivars with classical and experimental post-harvest methods.
Published coffees linked to Francisco Mena
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🇨🇷Costa Rica
Costa Rica · West Valley
Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena
Francisco Mena
Verve Coffee Roasters
Sumava de Lourdes
Villa Sarchi· Honey
Explore the profile →Research sources & verification
These source links were recorded for this producer profile. They provide a way to check the documented claims; the links do not independently establish each person's identity, current farm relationship or coffee lot.
Research last reviewed: 2026-10-01