Monteverde Coffee: Costa Rica Fair Trade Coffee. The best quality forestal Costa Rican Coffee.

Welcome to Santa Elena Cooperative!


	Since 1996, our coop invests an average of $4.500 a year in scholarships for secondary and university students.

	In addition to that program our cooperative develops a training program for youth in leadership and teamwork.
		The Monteverde Coffee Tour is an educational activity for visitors and allows them to get to see and understand how local coffee production works. The participants get to visit some of the farms, the Mill and end up in the Café Monteverde Coffee Shop. During the harvest season the visitors also have the opportunity to participate and collect coffee.


		Café Monteverde has established a solid reputation for its quality coffee and continues to give back to the community through environmental and educational programs.

Coopesanta Elena currently has 115 associates, 75 of whom are coffee producers. On average, each producer has about one hectare of coffee.