La Candelilla is a private company owned by seven brothers/ brothersin-law (Ricardo Hernandez, Didier Sanchez, Mario Sanchez, Pablo Sanchez, Hugo Naranjo, Mario René Solis y Enrique Rivera). They all own between 3 to 5 small farms and mill their Coffee at La Candelilla Mill.
La Candelilla Estate is located in the municipality of Tarrazú, Costa Rica. The farm is well known as one of the pioneers in the production of micro-lots in Costa Rica and has become famous for producing washed, natural and honey-processed coffees of excellent quality. The farm grows and experiments with different varieties, including Caturra, Catuai, Typica, Geisha and SL28. Candelilla was one of the first farms in Costa Rica to introduce Africanbeds for the drying process, and was one of the first to fully focus on processing micro-lots in their own micro-mill.
