Costa Rica | Volcan Azul | H17 | Natural | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica· Tarrazú

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Region: Po á s Volcano, Tarrazú , West Valley Elevation: 1500 -1650 masl About: Finca Volcan Azul has been in the Castro-Kahle family since the 1840s and is today managed by Alejo Kahle Castro, a fifth-generation producer. Alejo is a master of his craft and has placed multiple times in the Costa Rican Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums.. Volcan Azul sits around the fertile the slopes of the Poás Volcano in the West Valley of Costa Rica, an area famous for producing incredible coffee. Conservation is important to the Castro-Kahle family, and they have acquired 1500 hectares of rainforest for ecological preservation in the areas where they grow their coffee. The H17 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. is a hybrid between CatuaiCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America. and Ethiopian HeirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown.. This lot was processed using a traditional 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. method where whole cherries are sun-dried on patios. This has created a coffee with red berry and tropical fruit notes.