Costa Rica | Finca Licho | Villa Sarchi | Natural | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Naranjo, Alajuela, Central Valley Elevation: 1550 masl About: Finca Licho is owned by the Aguilera Brothers, 12 brothers and sisters who work their mill and farms themselves, with their only hired labour being pickers during the harvest. The Finca was founded in 2006 and is in the West Valley coffee-growing region, an area famous for producing quality. Most of their coffee is of the Villa Sarchi 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. due to it being native to the area. Villa Sarchi is a naturalNatural 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. dwarf mutation of BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. that was discovered in the 1950s. It is well adapted to high altitudes and has been an important breeding variety. This specific lot was processed via the natural method, where coffee cherries are dried whole on raised beds. This coffee has wonderful sweetness and tropical fruit notes.