Full-bodied, round, and caramelly sweet. Milk chocolate overtones chased by buttery hints of cashews, sweet dried apricots, and sticky yellow raisins.

Perched on the slopes surrounding the Arenal Forest Preserve, the eighty farming families of Cooperativa Solidaridad produce one of Nicaragua’s finest coffees while stewarding precious forest ecosystems.

Grown under a dense canopy of banana, guava, and tropical hardwood, juicy red cherries are harvested by hand and the sweet fruit removed using hand-turned depulping machines. The day’s harvest is fermented, then washed and dried before being brought to the Cooperative’s office in the town of Aranjuez.

Each coffee carries the subtle differences in taste imparted by soil, variety, and processing, but all exemplify the classic Nicaraguan character: juicy apricot aromatics, rich cashew nuttiness, and a deeply toned sweet cacao finish.

We are proud to have purchased Cooperativa Solidaridad’s coffee since the mid-1990s.