San Diego

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica· Tarrazú

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
  50
• Clean
  30

Abundant character with rich chocolate and roasted nut flavors with undertones of grilled lemon and cinnamon on the finish. The Beneficio San Diego is located in San José in the Tarrazú region of Costa Rica. Tarrazú holds the most coveted, highest altitude coffee farms in Costa Rica. The mill was initially established in 1888 and is currently the largest coffee mill in Costa Rica. The coffees selected for this lot are produced by over two thousand producers who cultivate traditional CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. and CatuaíCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America. varieties. The refinements within the mechanization of processing and sorting at the beneficio offer an opportunity for the complexities of these varieties grown in the perfect Tarrazú terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. to shine at a reserved dark roast treatment. After repose, this coffee is sealed in Grain-Pro barrier packaging at origin and then sent on its way to our Roastery where we preserve the green coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft. under hermetic seal until it is roasted as part of our Barrington Green Seal Program© . Origin- Costa Rica Region- Tarrazú Locality- San José Producer- Beneficio San Diego Altitude- 4921’ and up VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.- Caturra and Catuaí Process- WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly., Drum & Sun DriedNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. Roast- Dark