Costa Rica Cerro San Luis Micromill – La Alquimia – Villa Sarchi – White Honey – Green

Taste: I have to say this is one of the most lovely beans I have roasted in this price point! Sweet and smooth with a hint of fruit and nuts.

Roast: Roast to Medium (City Roast) just past first crack to bring out the fruitiness of this lovely bean or just to 2nd crack for a little added sweetness.

About: The saying “don’t work with your family” doesn’t always apply to coffee, and some of the best producers we have met work closely with parents, children, siblings, cousins—all their close relations. Cerro San Luis Micromill in Costa Rica’s West Valley is no different: The mill and its affiliated farms are run by a pair of second-generation coffee-producing sisters and their husbands. The family’s farms are adjacent to one another, and the micromill they share is located at the family home not far away.

There are more than 10 different types of coffees grown on the various farms run by the sisters and their husbands, including Caturra, Bourbon and Orange Bourbon, SL-28, Cataui and Yellow Catuai, and Villa Sarchi. After the coffee cherry is harvested, it’s brought to the mill for processing: Coffees here might be finished as Washed, Honey, or Natural lots.

• White Honey: 80-100% mucilage removed
• Yellow Honey: 50-75% mucilage removed – Coffee is turned hourly on raised beds for a few days, then transferred to a greenhouse and turned regularly.
• Red Honey: <50% mucilage removed – Coffee is turned several times a day and dried for longer in the greenhouse.
• Black Honey: As little mucilage removed as possible – Coffee is turned once a day.

*Microlot Coffee Offerings: Farmers are paid quality premiums for any microlot coffee, which reflects the extra planning, effort, labor, and attention to detail required to produce them, as well as rewarding the ultimate job well done.

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