Costa Rica – Microlot – Cerro San Luis Micromill – La Alquimia Lot – Villa Sarchi – White Honey

Honey Process
B17102

Costa Rica – Microlot – Cerro San Luis Micromill – La Alquimia Lot – Villa Sarchi – White Honey B17102

Specs:

Source:

Costa Rica

Region:

Grecia, Naranjo, West Valley

Farm:

La Alquimia

Variety:

Villa Sarchi

Altitude:

1300–1600 masl

Processing:

Honey Process

Program:

Microlot

Notes:

"Sweet and smooth with tart acidity, cranberry, chocolate and praline flavors."

Score:

85 points

Price/Bag:

$5.82 per lb

$256.00 per bag

Out of stock

Background:

The saying "don't work with your family" doesn't always apply to coffee, and some of the best producers we have met work closely with parents, children, siblings, cousins—all their close relations. Cerro San Luis Micromill in Costa Rica's West Valley is no different: The mill and its affiliated farms are run by a pair of second-generation coffee-producing sisters and their husbands. The family's farms are adjacent to one another, and the micromill they share is located at the family home not far away.

There are more than 10 different types of coffees grown on the various farms run by the sisters and their husbands, including Caturra, Bourbon and Orange Bourbon, SL-28, Cataui and Yellow Catuai, and Villa Sarchi. After the coffee cherry is harvested, it's brought to the mill for processing: Coffees here might be finished as Washed, Honey, or Natural lots.

For more information about coffee production in Costa Rica, visit ourCosta Rica page.

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