Costa Rica – Natural – Don Sabino Micromill – Finca El Jordan

Natural
B10623

Costa Rica – Natural – Don Sabino Micromill – Finca El Jordan B10623

Specs:

Source:

Costa Rica

Region:

Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley

Farm:

Finca El Jordan

Variety:

Caturra, Catuai

Altitude:

1300–1600 masl

Processing:

Natural

Program:

Microlot

Notes:

"Sweet with tart fruit acidity and a creamy mouthfeel; big cola and plum flavor with tropical fruit, lime, floral, melon, cherry and dark chocolate."

Score:

90 points

Price/Bag:

$6.55 per lb

$327.50 per bag

Out of stock

Background:

Esteven Vargas and his father, Hiver Vargas, started the Don Sabino micromill in around 2011, though both men have been in coffee their whole lives. Starting in 2014, the father-son partners decided to switch all of their production over to naturals, because they like the profile, and our green-coffee buyer Luis Arocha says, "I keep asking them their secret, because their coffee is very good!" The cups have a very delicate acidity for being full naturals, and articulate sweetness and complex flavor.

Perhaps one of the secrets of their production is that they keep things close to home—literally— which helps them control quality. After the coffee is harvested, dried, and milled, it is stored at the family house: "If you're in the living room and you walk through the rooms, you will see coffee bags stored all over the house." Luis says. "When you're in the house, there is the intense aroma of raisin because the coffee is so intense."

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