 Café Britt filed a $200,000 counter-suit, after producing an affidavit from a Costa Rican man, Juan Valdez, certifying that "he" does drink Costa Rican coffee.Café Britt also argued that the phrase is so common as to be ineligible for legal protection.Fedcafé maintains that Café Britt agreed in early 2006 to stop using its trademarks; Pablo Vargas, the manager of Café Britt, denies that such an agreement existed.