Alajuela canton, called Valverde Vega until 2019, tied to the Villa Sarchí variety, a compact Bourbon mutation that developed in the area.
Sarchí is a canton in Costa Rica's Alajuela province and lies in the West Valley. It was named Valverde Vega until Law 9658 renamed it in 2019. The Villa Sarchí variety, a natural compact-growth mutation of Bourbon, is described as having developed in the Sarchí area, and World Coffee Research places its identification in the 1950s or 1960s. The West Valley as a whole is described as spanning roughly 1,000-1,600 m.
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Villa Sarchí was introduced to Honduras in 1974, and it became a parent of the Sarchimor hybrid group created in the 1970s to combat coffee leaf rust.
Varietals
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.
- Costa Rica West Valley Coffee: Villa Sarchi and Fruit-Forward Cups · Podium Coffee Club
- WCR Arabica Varieties Catalog: Villa Sarchi · World Coffee Research
- List of coffee varieties · Wikipedia
- Sarchí (canton) · Wikipedia