Our History

Costa Rica has traditionally been a country with an agricultural inclination to grow coffee. Our family has maintained this culture since 1923, when my father’s grandmother, Domitila Bolaños, bought a coffee farm in Santo Domingo de Heredia. A few years later, Cafetalera CP Mora was born under the shade of a coffee plant. Our company’s history is one of hard work and effort.
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Our contemporary history begins in 1982, when my father, Claudio Mora V., and I acquired 16 hectares of land from different local farmers in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Central Valley. We called this farm “La Quintana” after its location—the neighborhood’s local nickname.

​Years later, my father and I acquired 23 more hectares in Cirrí de Naranjo, Western Valley. This farm was called “Olivier Arrieta”, in memory of our beloved farm manager who served for over 20 years, and whose passion to produce coffee while preserving nature inspired us to keep refining our growing practices. This last acquisition took place with a special interest, since studies carried out together with Cafetalera Montealegre reached an agreement on the great cup quality of this zone. Thanks to these results, CP Mora and Montealegre mutually agreed to invest in the “Olivier Arrieta” farm and install a receiving station.

When Patricia García S. and I got married, we decided to found the company called CP Mora in the year 1998, dedicating itself to coffee cultivation in one of its several economic lines. Our children, Claudio Mora G. and Patricia Mora G., grew up surrounded by coffee crops. 

​Since its beginnings, CP Mora has been dedicated to the production of superior quality fruits, allowing the company to survive the irregularities and fluctuations of the producer prices. However, commercialization has thus far been limited to selling coffee cherries to local mills. In 2015 the curiosity to continue producing and growing high quality coffee was awakened in the last generation of the Mora family. But now, the curiosity also includes an ambition to embrace a larger portion of the commercialization process, including direct milling and trading of high-quality, green coffee.

For over 30 years, Cafetalera CP Mora has stood out for its production of quality coffee. Today, the last generation of “cafetaleros” joins in to bring a renewed knowledge and passion for coffee—extending Costa Rica’s richest fruits from our hands to yours for years to come.

Claudio Mora-Rodríguez
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