Variety · Costa Rica
A Costa Rican Bourbon mutation named after the family that found it. Wind-tolerant, delicate, and increasingly replanted.
Villalobos is a Bourbon mutation found on a Costa Rican farm and named after the family who identified it — one of several regional Bourbon dwarfs alongside Caturra, Pacas and Villa Sarchi.
Tolerance of wind and exposed high-altitude sites, where more delicate varieties struggle. That matters in Costa Rica’s mountain topography.
Sweet, clean and delicate with a bright acidity — Bourbon character, expressed lightly.
Costa Rica’s micro-mill movement gave producers a reason to plant for quality rather than yield, and older regional varieties like Villalobos have been replanted as a result.
Every major coffee country found its own Bourbon dwarf: Caturra in Brazil, Pacas in El Salvador, Villa Sarchi and Villalobos in Costa Rica. The mutation is not rare; noticing and propagating it is.
Filter at light to medium roast.
The equipment this actually requires — not a shopping list, the shortest route to doing it properly.
60° cone · spiral ribs · 1–4 cups
The most transparent cup you can brew for twenty euros, and the least forgiving. Ceramic holds heat where plastic does not — and the open bottom means your pour, not the dripper, decides the coffee.
Best for: Someone who wants to taste what a single-origin coffee is actually doing.
≈ $25 / £20 / 22 €
64 mm flat burr · filter only · single dose
64 mm flat burrs, near-zero retention and a footprint the size of a mug, built for filter and honest about not doing espresso. For pour-over it is the clearest grind you can buy at this price.
Best for: V60, Chemex, AeroPress and batch brewing, where clarity is the whole point.
≈ $345 / £275 / 300 €
0.9 L · ±1 °C hold · counterbalanced gooseneck
The best-pouring kettle sold, and the hold function matters more than the thermometer. Expensive for boiling water — but if you brew pour-over daily, it is the accessory that most improves the cup.
Best for: Daily pour-over, where flow rate is the variable you are trying to control.
≈ $195 / £165 / 180 €
