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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇷Costa Rica · Tarrazú

Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TagsCosta RicaTarrazúTypica MejoradoHoneyLight roastStrawberryLemonBlackberryArabicaSingle originDon CayitoCalderón FamilyVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇨🇷Costa RicaHoneyTypica MejoradoLight roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Region
Tarrazú
Town
—
Farm / Station
Don Cayito
Farmer / Producer
Calderón Family
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Typica Mejorado
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Strawberry, Lemon Custard, Blackberry
Fermentation
Honey process. Verve’s exact title and specification panel say White Honey, while the same page’s narrative paragraph says Red Honey; no lot-level fermentation duration or vessel protocol is disclosed.
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • honey-process detailThe exact roaster page conflicts between White Honey in the title/specification and Red Honey in narrative copy.
  • fermentation protocolNo lot-level duration, vessel, temperature, culture, or mucilage-retention specification is published.
  • drying methodThe exact product and producer material do not disclose the drying surface or duration for this lot.
  • harvestNo harvest date or season is disclosed for this exact release.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date is available.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Costa Rica Don Cayito Typica Mejorado White Honey Farmlevel Reserve
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Typica Mejorado
  5. 05
    The farm
    Don Cayito
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Calderón Family
  7. 07
    The region
    Tarrazú
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇷Costa Rica
From the producer

Don Cayito is operated by the Calderón Castillo family in Santa María de Dota, Tarrazú. The family’s own site says its farms span roughly 1,650–2,100 meters and that it has separated and processed lots at the Los Ángeles micromill since 2009. Verve attributes this exact 1,850-meter Typica Mejorado lot to the Calderón family.

From the roaster

Verve identifies Don Cayito, the Calderón family, Typica Mejorado, 1,850 meters, a light roast, and notes of strawberry, lemon custard, and blackberry. Its title and specification panel say White Honey, but the page’s narrative says Red Honey.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A high-elevation Typica Mejorado from the Calderón family’s Don Cayito, with an unusual internal source conflict: Verve’s title and specification say White Honey while its narrative says Red Honey.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Lot identity

Verve lists this exact coffee as Typica Mejorado from Don Cayito in Tarrazú, produced by the Calderón family at 1,850 meters.

02
Commercial details

Verve’s live exact page and Farmlevel collection list a 150 g bag at $34; a current exact-coffee inventory monitor also reported it in stock. Availability was verified on October 28, 2026.

03
Honey classification

The product title and specification panel say White Honey. A narrative paragraph on the same exact page says Red Honey, so the structured White Honey label is retained with the contradiction disclosed.

04
Undisclosed protocol

The exact page does not publish fermentation duration, vessel, mucilage-retention percentage, drying surface, or drying time.

What was added?

No added fruit, cultures, sweeteners, or flavorings are disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No fruit co-ferment or post-roast flavoring is disclosed.

Why it matters

Honey color labels are not standardized recipes, and the roaster’s internal conflict prevents a more precise lot-level claim.

What you might taste

Verve lists strawberry, lemon custard, and blackberry. These are roaster tasting notes, not an independent score or an original tasting by this site.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/don-cayito-typica-mejorado-white-honey-farmlevel-reserve
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/collections/farmlevel-reserve
  • · https://cafedoncayito.com/en
  • · https://cafedoncayito.com/en/our-history
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-28) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Exact seller, catalog, inventory-monitor, and trust-index pages were used only for identity, price, or availability. They are not independent hands-on reviews and were excluded from public sentiment and scoring.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Don Cayito →Meet the farmer: Calderón Family →
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