Pure Coffee. Pura Vida.
Terra Lava’s coffee beans are regeneratively grown in the volcanic foothills of Turrialba, Costa Rica, on land that has never been exposed to pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. Each batch is sun-dried and small-batch roasted to preserve the beans’ full flavor, and then third-party tested for mold, mycotoxins, glyphosate and heavy metals.
The result is a coffee as pure and vibrant as the land it comes from.
Terra Lava began with three friends — Kika, Isabel, and Viviana — who shared a lifelong love of coffee and a deep respect for the earth. After decades working in education, agriculture and social research, they decided to turn their shared dream into reality.
In 2020, they planted a single hectare of coffee trees on their land in Santa Cruz de Turrialba — 1,300 meters above sea level, where cool mountain air and volcanic minerals create ideal growing conditions.
Isabel and Viviana had spent more than 15 years working at CATIE, Costa Rica’s leading agricultural research institute, where they helped develop sustainable crop systems. That expertise guided every decision about their new venture, from selecting resilient, high-flavor bean varieties (Catiguá and Millennium) to protecting the soil with regenerative farming practices.
From the start, they refused to cut corners. The cherries are picked by hand at perfect ripeness — never forced and never rushed — and dried naturally in the sun. Local single mothers, many with generations of coffee tradition behind them, are paid fair daily wages so they can focus on quality over speed.
The result is a small annual harvest — just a single metric ton of beans — that captures everything the founders stand for: integrity, community and care.
Clean Coffee From the Family Behind MK Supplements
Most coffee, even from top-shelf brands, can be a hidden source of mold, mycotoxins, and chemical residues like glyphosate. That means your daily ritual — something meant to energize and comfort — is actively working against your health.
For our family, that realization wasn't just disappointing. It was unacceptable.
Back in 2021, we founded MK Supplements with the goal of providing the purest animal-based supplements on the market. We were tired of compromising and settling for products made with industrial farming and production methods that reduce nutrient quality and lead to dangerous levels of contamination.
So we built our company on a foundation of absolute purity. We learned what it takes to source the world’s cleanest ingredients, and we built a five-step testing protocol to check for every major contaminant.
And when we decided to launch a coffee brand, we knew we had to apply those same rigorous standards.
Today, we’re proud to partner with Kika, Isabel, and Viviana — three women who share our values and our commitment to ethical, regenerative farming.
Together, we’ve created something rare: coffee you can trust completely. Terra Lava represents the meeting of two worlds — the scientific precision and purity standards we live by, and the deep agricultural wisdom of the women who grow each bean by hand.
Every cup is a reflection of that shared purpose: to honor the land, protect the people who tend it, and deliver something genuinely good for your body. This isn’t coffee engineered for profit or scaled for mass production. It’s coffee grown with care, tested without compromise, and shared with intention.
Because when you start your day with something this pure, you feel the difference — in your energy, your focus, and your peace of mind.
Pure Coffee. Pura Vida. From our family to yours.