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Francisca and Oscar Chacón run a seriously impressive, fully integrated farm; they control their seed selection, agronomy, processing, tasting and grading, and dry milling. We have been buying coffee from Las Lajas for many years and it is one of our all-time favourite natural coffees on our counter. It was one of the first natural process coffees we bought (back when they were still considered fringe) and every year we select this coffee from our tastings. It continues to be exciting times at Las Lajas. Francisca and Oscar have completed certification with Regenified (regenified.com). Regenified is a new certification system based on a holistic farming process. The farm and soil health are considered paramount, and farmers are encouraged to nurture this as well as prepare their land for climate resilience. Soil health has been of particular interest to the family, and they have been encouraged with the results of making and using their own organic matter fertiliser. Over the next few years, they will also begin to see results from their varietal experiments with three new-to-Las-Lajas cultivars: Paraiso, Victoria 4, and Orange Bourbon. Thankfully the farm has been relatively unaffected by the recent activity from the Poás Volcano.