{"id":49874,"date":"2023-02-15T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafeimports.com\/blog\/?page_id=49874"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:17:39","slug":"oxcartcoffee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cafeimports.com\/europe\/blog\/oxcartcoffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxcart Coffee &#8211; Cafe Imports Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#233b4e&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;on&#8221; background_overlay_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; logo_image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Oxcart_Round.png&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;700px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; title_font=&#8221;Raleway|700||on|||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;80px&#8221; title_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; content_font=&#8221;Roboto||||&#8221; content_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_101.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_border_radius=&#8221;0px&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;4px&#8221; button_one_font=&#8221;Oswald|on||on|&#8221; button_one_icon=&#8221;&#x24;||divi||400&#8243; button_one_icon_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;zoom&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_intensity_zoom=&#8221;4%&#8221; button_one_text_color_hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_one_border_color_hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_one_border_radius_hover=&#8221;0px&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;4px&#8221; button_one_bg_color_hover=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover=&#8221;0px&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;4px&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;110px||110px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Oxcart&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#1a1a1a&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Raleway|900||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;72px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">OXCART COFFEE<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">COSTA RICA<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#1a1a1a&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Traditional oxcarts, or carretas, are one of the most prominent national symbols of Costa Rica, and they call back to the country\u2019s long, proud history with coffee. That longevity and pride, as well as quality in work and deed, is the reason we chose the same symbol for our office in the capital city of San Jos\u00e9: Oxcart Coffee \u2013 Cafe Imports Latin America, a full-service import-export operation that allows us to work directly with growers, build better connections and keep a closer eye on the quality and logistics of all coffee shipments leaving Costa Rica bound for Cafe Imports\u2019 sales offices around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#ed4441&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; max_width=&#8221;150px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; height=&#8221;false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;564.3px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Cafe imports and Costa&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Imports has been sourcing high-quality microlots from Costa Rica since 2006. We partnered with an exporter in Costa Rica in the early days and even pioneered with them the term \u201cmicrolot\u201d here to describe the totally industry-changing processing being done by the individual micromills in the country. The first container had mixed results.\u00a0 The coffees were amazing in the cup and had the farmer\u2019s name on the bag, which was revolutionary at that time, but we could only sell half of the coffee, and hard to mark down the other half, as the market just was not there yet.\u00a0 We knew this was the way forward for coffee, so we bought two containers the next year and saw the volume continue to build as the coffee world began to understand and appreciate what micro lots and specificity in coffee truly meant.\u00a0 Now, this has grown to include \u201choney\u201d and \u201cnatural\u201d processing, along with a myriad of fermentation experiments. \u00a0 The natural next step for us was to open our own export company to support these incredibly innovative farmers better.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Oxcart_Coffee-1-2-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Oxcart_Coffee-1-2&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;90px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;100.3px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Cafe imports and Costa 2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; min_height=&#8221;201.4px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, Oxcart Coffee serves as a resource and watering hole for the amazing coffee farmers we work with directly within Costa Rica. Producers are welcome to use the Oxcart Coffee offices not simply as a place to do the business of selling coffee but also as a kind of quality hub and resource: Open cuppings, an onsite roasting lab, the ability to get calibrated together in real-time, and the space and time to have candid conversations about quality and expectations make Oxcart a truly special addition to our relationship-building and development efforts in Costa Rica\u2014and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Producers and roasters alike have an open invitation to visit the Oxcart Office to deepen their business selling and sourcing coffee in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;282.6px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa-Rica-1-3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa Rica-1-3&#8243; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe-_Imports_Oxcart_-2.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe _Imports_Oxcart_-2&#8243; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Don_Sabino-1-3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Don_Sabino-1-3&#8243; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;198.2px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Outro Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; min_height=&#8221;131.6px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOxcart is a Costa Rican export company, but Cafe Imports is a worldwide company,\u201d Oxcart Manager Luis Arocha says. \u201dThe idea is to be able to share all that knowledge and experience of all of our years with everybody\u2014bringing coffee people and producers to the Oxcart office to create and be more part of the community. 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animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Please reach out to your sales rep or email <a class=\"notion-link-token notion-enable-hover\" href=\"mailto:sales@cafeimports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-token-index=\"1\"><span class=\"link-annotation-unknown-block-id--1145894648\">sales@cafeimports.com<\/span><\/a> to learn more about sourcing Costa Rican coffee with Caf\u00e9 Imports and Oxcart Coffee<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Mobile&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;110px|30px|110px|30px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Oxcart&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#1a1a1a&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Raleway|900||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;72px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">OXCART COFFEE<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">COSTA RICA<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#1a1a1a&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; 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That longevity and pride, as well as quality in work and deed, is the reason we chose the same symbol for our office in the capital city of San Jos\u00e9: Oxcart Coffee \u2013 Cafe Imports Latin America, a full-service import-export operation that allows us to work directly with growers, build better connections and keep a closer eye on the quality and logistics of all coffee shipments leaving Costa Rica bound for Cafe Imports\u2019 sales offices around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#ed4441&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; divider_weight=&#8221;3px&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; max_width=&#8221;150px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; height=&#8221;false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;100ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;564.3px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Cafe imports and Costa&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Imports has been sourcing high-quality microlots from Costa Rica since 2006. We partnered with an exporter in Costa Rica in the early days and even pioneered with them the term \u201cmicrolot\u201d here to describe the totally industry-changing processing being done by the individual micromills in the country. The first container had mixed results.\u00a0 The coffees were amazing in the cup and had the farmer\u2019s name on the bag, which was revolutionary at that time, but we could only sell half of the coffee, and hard to mark down the other half, as the market just was not there yet.\u00a0 We knew this was the way forward for coffee, so we bought two containers the next year and saw the volume continue to build as the coffee world began to understand and appreciate what micro lots and specificity in coffee truly meant.\u00a0 Now, this has grown to include \u201choney\u201d and \u201cnatural\u201d processing, along with a myriad of fermentation experiments. \u00a0 The natural next step for us was to open our own export company to support these incredibly innovative farmers better.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Oxcart_Coffee-1-2-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Oxcart_Coffee-1-2&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;90px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade_in&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;100.3px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Cafe imports and Costa 2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; min_height=&#8221;201.4px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, Oxcart Coffee serves as a resource and watering hole for the amazing coffee farmers we work with directly within Costa Rica. Producers are welcome to use the Oxcart Coffee offices not simply as a place to do the business of selling coffee but also as a kind of quality hub and resource: Open cuppings, an onsite roasting lab, the ability to get calibrated together in real-time, and the space and time to have candid conversations about quality and expectations make Oxcart a truly special addition to our relationship-building and development efforts in Costa Rica\u2014and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Producers and roasters alike have an open invitation to visit the Oxcart Office to deepen their business selling and sourcing coffee in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;282.6px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa-Rica-1-3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa Rica-1-3&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;90px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe-_Imports_Oxcart_-2.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe _Imports_Oxcart_-2&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;90px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Don_Sabino-1-3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Cafe_Imports_Costa_Rica_Don_Sabino-1-3&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;90px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;right&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;20%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;198.2px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Outro Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.9em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; min_height=&#8221;131.6px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOxcart is a Costa Rican export company, but Cafe Imports is a worldwide company,\u201d Oxcart Manager Luis Arocha says. \u201dThe idea is to be able to share all that knowledge and experience of all of our years with everybody\u2014bringing coffee people and producers to the Oxcart office to create and be more part of the community. The coffee community is growing in Costa Rica, and I want to be part of it, seeing us as a hub of experience and tastings. The cuppings will be wide open places, where people can come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Staff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Raleway||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#1a1a1a&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Raleway|800|||||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">STAFF<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;429.4px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; 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