Baulas Blend is a joint venture between Coopetarrazú and The Leatherback Trust (TLT). Its main objective is to satisfy the needs of a growing market for gourmet coffee in the USA while focusing on the well being and conservation of the Baula turtle. Baulas Blend generates the Leatherback Trust a donation of $4.00 per each pound of coffee sold.

Baulas Blend Coffee originates in Tarrazú, a region acknowledged as one of the three best in the word for the production of coffee. Key to the quality of the Tarrazu coffee are five characteristics: volcanic soil, location, temperature, precipitation and altitude range. Grown between 4,500 and 6,000 feet of altitude as Strictly Hard Bean (SHB), this coffee's blend of beans is specially selected to produce a well balanced cup, intense aroma, good body and high acidity, the trademark of Gourmet coffee.

The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization by the laws and regulations of the state of Nueva Jersey. Located in Haddonfield, the Leatherback Trust is supported by Conservation International. The Leatherback Trust protects the Baula turtle with a strong effort in the conservation and handling of the Baulas Marine Park in Costa Rica. The organization also has an education program at the Matapalo and Playa Grande grade schools and supports a sustainable development program in the park and its surrounding communities.

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The Baula turtles are disappearing due to the actions of man: the harvesting of its eggs, subsistence level fishing, real estate development in the beaches that surround the park and the type of nets used in commercial fishing operations.

A conservative estimate predicts the complete extinction of the Baula turtle in the Pacific within 20 years. Even thought the Baulas have endured the changes through the Glacial age, changes in the level of the ocean and the same changes that made dinosaurs disappear, this turtle will not survive the “human effect” unless we have your full support.