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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇷Costa Rica · West Valley

Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsCosta RicaWest ValleyVilla SarchiHoneyLight roastPlumWine-likeArabicaSingle originSpecialtySumava de LourdesFrancisco MenaVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇨🇷Costa RicaHoneyVilla SarchiLight roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Region
West Valley
Town
Lourdes de Naranjo
Farm / Station
Sumava de Lourdes
Farmer / Producer
Francisco Mena
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Villa Sarchi
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
White Grape, Plum, Natural Wine
Fermentation
Proprietary lactic fermentation: whole cherries are sealed in tanks so native microbes interact with fruit sugars; exact duration is not published.
Drying
Raised beds after depulping and washing
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
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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
    Archive: Costa Rica Francisco Mena
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Villa Sarchi
  5. 05
    The farm
    Sumava de Lourdes
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Francisco Mena
  7. 07
    The region
    West Valley
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇷Costa Rica
From the producer

Francisco Mena is a producer based in Lourdes De Naranjo, Costa Rica, known for his work with specific processing techniques.

From the roaster

Verve Coffee Roasters highlights this selection as part of their archive, showcasing a light-roasted, direct-trade coffee from Costa Rica.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A Villa Sarchi expression of Mena’s proprietary lactic fermentation, finished as a Honey-style coffee with raised-bed drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Identity

Retained the verified Francisco Mena and Sumava de Lourdes connections.

02
Origin

Retained West Valley and Lourdes de Naranjo, preserving the published elevation range without a midpoint.

03
Process

Documented sealed-tank lactic fermentation, depulping, washing, and raised-bed drying.

04
Editorial review

Added a four-part evidence-backed overview and refreshed the exact-release sentiment search.

What was added?

A structured editorial overview, refreshed source trail, and current exact-release sentiment check.

What wasn't added?

No altitude midpoint, fermentation duration, harvest date, or public rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The page distinguishes this Villa Sarchi Lactico Honey release from other coffees produced by Francisco Mena.

What you might taste

White grape and ripe plum with restrained wine-like fermentation character.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/francisco-mena
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/blogs/the-verve-blog/field-notes-from-costa-rica-vol-1
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.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Sumava de Lourdes →Meet the farmer: Francisco Mena →
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