COSTA RICA | Finca Licho | San Roque | Honey

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica· West Valley

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet
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The Aguilera Brothers have established themselves as a coffee growing dynasty in the West Valley region of Costa Rica. The 12 siblings have been growing coffee in the region for over 60 years, with a focus on specialty for the last two decades. Across all their family farms, they produce more than 35 different varieties, in various processing methods, all processed at the family’s own micro-mill. Finca Licho is one of the most well- known farms belonging to the Aguilera brothers and was the farm that first brought them to the attention of coffee buyers around the world. T he family bought the farm in 2004 , and it was with coffee from Licho that the Aguilera’s competed in the first 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. competition – achieving 4 th place, and the highest price during the auction. With the proceeds from the auction, the Aguilera’s were able to reinvest in their operation, purchasing new equipment and expanding the drying patios for larger capacity . Finca Licho is now planted with more than 10 different variet ies, including San Roque, Villa Sarchi , and GeishaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction. . The family has been innovating with new variet ies , for higher production and more resistan ce to the diseases that the coffee plants now face . San Roque (also known as San Roque Kenia or simply Kenia) is a mutation of Kenyan 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. SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., that first occurred in Costa Rica, and has since been distributed to many producers throughout the country. Similar to SL-28, San Roque has a bright fruit acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it., with a complexity similar to cola.