La Lechería, Costa Rica

Origin

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

We are proud to present the coffees of Alejandra Chacón – the Chacóns have built up the small micro-mill for processing their coffees that they call El Angel. In addition to purchasing the aqua-pulper, the family has also built drying tables and a small bodega to safely store the coffee. Over the past several years, it has been very exciting to see the quantity and the quality of the Chacón family’s coffee improve in tandem – a measurable success for both producer and consumers like us. This selection is from the section of farm nearest to the dairy, or Lechería. Of slightly higher elevation, and comprised exclusively of caturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. trees, the coffees from this section of farm are 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. in a more traditional manner, with a brief fermentation period, to bring out the clean 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. we love. When we first tasted the coffee from the daughter and father team of Alejandra and Arturo Chacón, we were struck by the completeness of the package.