COSTA RICA | Cordillera del Fuego | Caturra | Washed

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Cinnamon, pink lady apple, & hard candy Producer: Luis Eduardo Campos Region: Tarrazú Varietal: CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. 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. Relationship: Since 2019 Recipe: Espresso - 1:2.5 Filter - 1:17 About the Farm Get ready to have your mind blown! We fell in love with Don Luis' coffees last year, when we found an anaerobicAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. processed caturra on our cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. table. There was no question ... we had to have it. This year we couldn't be happier to bring in a washed version of the same coffee. From the Tarrazú region, producer Luis Eduardo Campos, is constantly pursuing new and innovative ways to improve his coffee production. Don Luis is also progressive in his farming practices. In 2017 he joined NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions) whose objective is to dramatically reduce emissions of green house gases within the coffee sector. Roasting days: Proud Mary roast Monday-Friday during normal business hours. To ensure freshness of coffee, best to order early in the week as postal services and couriers do not operate on weekends. Orders: Orders placed by 8.30am PST will be roasted and dispatched the same day. If you are ordering on a Friday, and order after 8.30am then your coffee will be roasted the following business day - Monday.