about us

We don’t just serve coffee.
We own the story behind it.

pura vida team

We opened our doors in November 2024 — with good coffee, big belief, and a simple idea: that spaces can shape people.

Since day one, our hope has been to create a place that feels easy to walk into — and meaningful to walk out of. A low-threshold room where conversations unfold naturally, strangers become familiar, and small moments carry more weight than expected.

We care about what’s in your cup.
But we care even more about what happens around it.

Because sometimes coffee is just coffee.
And sometimes it builds something bigger than the moment.

Sometimes, it even lays the first brick.

Our coffee doesn’t start in a warehouse.
It starts on our own farm.

We grow it ourselves — from plant to harvest, from processing to export. There are no hidden layers in between. Just one continuous responsibility, from beginning to end.

Transparency for us isn’t a label. It’s proximity.
Our team in Costa Rica isn’t a distant partner — we are one team. When members of our Berlin team return for harvest season, we live on the farm together, surrounded by the plants. We work side by side in the fields. And what we don’t yet know, we learn. From neighboring farmers and local coffee institutes who have shaped this region for generations.

Owning the process also means staying present when things are uncertain.
Weather shifts. Harvests vary. Markets move. And instead of passing that along, we navigate it together.

coffee that lays the first brick

When we began working on the farm, we saw something we couldn’t ignore.

During harvest season, both parents work in the fields. With no safe place to go, many children come along. And as soon as they are strong enough, they begin working too — carrying coffee sacks, moving across steep hillsides, standing for hours in heat and sun. In this region, child labor isn’t unusual. It’s normal.

We couldn’t accept that. Not as christians but also not as a NGO.

So we decided to change what we could. We are building a kindergarten — a safe, structured place during harvest season. A place where children are protected, educated, and allowed to be children.

Every bag we sell. Every cup poured. It all moves the project forward. Brick by brick. With each purchase, you’re not just buying coffee — you’re backing a different system. One that replaces risk with safety, and short-term necessity with long-term opportunity.