The southern zone that ICAFE counts as two regions, Pérez Zeledón and Coto Brus, both listed at 800-1,700 m with a September to February harvest.
Brunca, the southern coffee zone of the Pérez Zeledón, Coto Brus and Buenos Aires cantons, long counted as one of Costa Rica's eight growing regions. ICAFE's 2024 table no longer lists Brunca, and instead shows Pérez Zeledón (11.2% of the national crop) and Coto Brus (7.6%) as separate regions, each at 800-1,700 m with a harvest from September to February. An older Wikipedia table gave Brunca 900-1,600 m and a July to February harvest.
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ICAFE's 2024 table lists Pérez Zeledón and Coto Brus as separate regions, with 11.2% and 7.6% of Costa Rica's crop.
Elsewhere in Costa Rica
Sources · 4 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-11. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Coffee production in Costa Rica · Wikipedia
- Tres Ríos desaparece del mapa de las regiones cafetaleras de Costa Rica; vea todos los cambios que hizo el Icafé · El Financiero (Costa Rica)
- Costa Rica Coffee Terrain: Brunca · Organikos (blog)
- Costa Rica: Caficultura, recursos geneticos e investigacion (slides, 2024) · Cenicafe (Colombia), slides by J. C. Arias Suarez quoting ICAFE data