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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Costa Rica Batamba, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Batamba; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Batamba; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Costa Rica Batamba; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇷Costa Rica · Dota

Costa Rica Batamba

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsCosta RicaDotaGeshaHoneyBrown SugarArabicaSingle originSanta Rosa (Dota)Carlos Luis Ureña HidalgoIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇨🇷Costa RicaHoneyGesha
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Region
Dota
Town
Santa María de Dota
Farm / Station
Santa Rosa (Dota)
Farmer / Producer
Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Apple, Raw Sugar
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mNo numeric altitude is published for this exact iteration.
  • harvestNo harvest month or crop year is disclosed, preventing a match to the 2022 rating.
  • fermentationHoney processing is identified, but no fermentation duration or protocol is published.
  • drying methodThe exact sources do not disclose the drying method.
  • roast levelA conventional roast category is not published by Intelligentsia; independent catalog labels were not adopted.
  • release descriptorsThe reused URL now lists Apple + Raw Sugar, while an older exact catalog lists plum, dried cherry, and honey.
  • public sentimentThe only exact-name rating is from August 2022 and cannot be tied to the current iteration.
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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 Batamba
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    Santa Rosa (Dota)
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo
  7. 07
    The region
    Dota
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇷Costa Rica
From the producer

Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo owns Santa Rosa farm in Santa María de Dota. Batamba is the farm sector where he planted Gesha in 2016.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia Coffee is a pioneering third-wave roaster founded in Chicago in 1995, known for its focus on direct trade and high-quality sourcing.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Batamba is a documented Gesha sector within Santa Rosa farm. The reusable product URL also illustrates why annual coffee iterations must be separated when current and archived descriptors differ.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Relationships retained

Kept the verified Dota, Santa Rosa farm, Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo, Gesha, and Honey relationships.

02
Current page refreshed

Updated the live flavor profile to Apple + Raw Sugar and verified sold-out status on October 22, 2026.

03
Annual releases separated

Preserved the older plum/dried-cherry/honey listing only as archived evidence rather than current tasting notes.

04
Historical rating bounded

Documented but did not score an August 2022 café rating because the current harvest/iteration cannot be matched.

What was added?

Four sourced sections, current descriptors, dated availability, and an explicit annual-release conflict note.

What wasn't added?

No altitude, harvest date, fermentation detail, drying schedule, conventional roast category, current-release public rating, or house score.

Why it matters

The page no longer presents descriptors from different annual Batamba offerings as though they were one exact release.

What you might taste

The current roaster page lists apple and raw sugar; an older exact catalog listed plum, dried cherry, and honey.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/costa-rica-batamba-honey
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-costa-rica-batamba-honey
  • · https://coffeeroast.com/roaster/intelligentsia-coffee/batamba
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 2026-10-25) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Santa Rosa (Dota) →Meet the farmer: Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo →
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