Las Lapas (Great Green Macaw)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:33:57 -0500

Las Lapas dairy-based products are prepared at our small family dairy farm in the verdant hills of San Bosco, Limon, Costa Rica. We emphasize preservation of natural environment for our cattle and for our families. We operate on the premise that a happy, drug-free cow will provide healthful products for our children...and for others to enjoy. In a nutshell, we are revisiting the lost beauty and tradition of truely natural dairy products.
The days of hand-churning ice cream are now just a fond chapter in the history Las Lapas gourmet ice cream. But if you tour our operation you'll see that home-spun finesse is still a trademark in the preparation of each of our products.

Pastures for the milk cows stretch along the Destierro River where majestic trees of the jungle offer home to a diversity of wildlife, including the Great Green Macaw (in Spanish, called Lapas) and the famous noisy Howler Monkey. Follow it down-river to brother Nathan's side of the farm and the mighty Destierro meets the regal waters of La Perla River, forming a juncture of spectacular natural splendor. These two rivers enfold the soils of the dairy operation Lecheria Las Lapas, and Mighty Rivers Eco-farm where beef cattle and chickens are pastured, and where fruit and nut trees contribute to the spectacular beauty of the "rich coast."

Las Lapas dairy products offer a pleasing merger of our Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage and Costa Rica's rich natural gifts - symbolized by the special affects of the Rivers Destierro and La Perla junction.

We hope you enjoy our products and stop by and visit us at our farm or our product distribution location in La Alegria de Siquirres, Limon Province.

The dairy crew,
Barbara Lyn Lapp, Mauricio Espinosa, Hannah Lapp and helpers.

Home: (506) 765-1462
Store: (506) 765-1518

LAS LAPAS GOURMET ICE CREAM ...21 flavors straight out of the jungle!!

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:13:00 -0500

NEW !! Lemon sherbet
NEW!! Sour Sap sherbet
NEW!! Organic Blackberry-in-yogurt (quite possibly our most natural ice cream)
NEW !! We now offer Araza and Jaboticaba yogurt-based ice creams, with less sugar and exceptionally fruity flavor.

Here is a partial list of the flavors that we offer. We also make four flavors of ice cream for diabetics, sweetened with fruit sugar, bananas, and real stevia extract. We use only real, locally produced raw sugar to sweeten all of our other ice cream flavors, as well as our flavored yogurts. We use only our own milk and cream, and plenty of eggs from local, pasture raised chickens.

Choco Macadamia .....(Lightly toasted macadamia nuts coated in Costa Rica's best chocolate, mixed in Las Lapas vanilla ice cream)
Caramel Swirl............(Las Lapas exclusive home-cooked caramel. With real browned butter beaten out of cream, and raw Dulce-T brand Costa Rican sugar)
Mint Chocolate Chip....(We cheat on mint. Contains artificial mint flavor and color. The tiny chocolate bits in every spoonful are no cheat though. Made from genuine Costa Rican chocolate.
Chocolate..................(A chocolate syrup is cooked up in the kitchen and blended while the freezer churns. We add a few drops of secret flavoring. Made from real Costa Rican chocolate.
Strawberry...............(Heaps of real, locally grown strawberries go into this mix. Simply the best strawberry ice cream around.
Mango......................(Yes, made with real tropical mango grown right here in Costa Rica.
Tropical Fruit.............(This flavor sports real chunks of mango, papaya and pineapple
Pumpkin pie .............(nice and spicy)

Other top flavors: Passion Fruit, Rum with Raisin, Coconut, Coffee, Guanabana (soursap), Vanilla, Cookies & cream

PLAIN YOGURT, 100% natural.
Milk is cultured at our on-farm plant within hours after it's donated by our happy cows.

DRINKABLE FRUIT YOGURT:

Tropical Fruit (locally grown mango, pineapple, and papaya)

Strawberry/Banana (locally grown strawberries and bananas)

Maracuya (passion fruit)
Guanabana Lite
Pineapple Lite

SOLID YOGURTS by the pint
Plain, vanilla, fruit mix, and strawberry

Mighty Rivers Eco-farm, Costa Rica - Lecheria Las Lapas

Las Lapas (Great Green Macaw)

LAS LAPAS GOURMET ICE CREAM ...21 flavors straight out of the jungle!!