We at Tico Coffee Roasters craft roast sustainable, exclusive and unique Grand Cru coffees in very small batches and import the finest teas guaranteeing product freshness and consistency. Driven by a passion for excellence, we have specialized in bringing only the best coffees and teas directly from the producing countries. And because we are a boutique roaster, we have the liberty to choose from the best Arabica green coffees and the world’s finest teas for a truly unique experience.
We started Tico Coffee Roasters in 2010 out of the dream to provide a unique coffee and tea experience to the coffee and tea lovers in the Bay Area. We, the two owners of Tico Coffee Roasters, have a very different heritage and skillsets that we bring with us and combined they are the perfect ingredients for a specialty coffee and tea business.
Mariana grew up in the province of Heredia in the heart of the coffee lands in Costa Rica surrounded by coffee plantations and has built her career in Costa Rica as an Agricultural Economist before she moved to the US.
Her partner and husband Thomas grew up in Germany and has spent most of his career in engineering, which comes in very handy for the craftsmanship of roasting coffee.
Tico Coffee Roasters is named to honor the heritage of Costa Rican coffee growers and to reflect the origins of Mariana and her love for coffee. The word Tico is a colloquial term that is used for a native of Costa Rica.
