Region: Tarrazu Hacienda La Minita
Altitude: 1300 to 1800 meters
Variety: Caturra, Catuai Red, Catuai Yellow, Tipica Hibrido
Screen: 16
Process: Washed
Harvest: December – February

Tasting Notes: This coffee is our headliner from one of the best coffee-producing regions in the world. This Central America, single-origin, high-altitude coffee is grown 4,000 and 6,000 feet above sea level, on a plantation with a unique micro-climate, whose production has been prized in Europe for more than half a century. These high-grown coffee cherries are hand-picked on the coffee-growing farm to select arabica beans that are perfect for any brewing method.

There is simply no other coffee prepared so carefully. Harvested at the La Minita farm about an hour south of San Jose, they begin with about 1,000,000 pounds of green coffee from the heart of the crop. Of this amount, only 289,000 pounds give or take will survive mill classifications to be bagged for shipment. This represents a selective process that reduces our finest raw material by more than 70%.
This is an amazing statistic, especially considering the more than 30,000 man-hours of improvement by hand selection during final preparation. Simply put, both members of the coffee industry and coffee lovers alike are obsessed with this Costa Rican coffee!

We have attempted to produce a perfectly balanced coffee; One that combines all of the ingredients that a classic cup should contain: sweet aroma, full-body, brilliant acidity, and delicately clean aftertaste. All in balance and with no impurities to detract from its enjoyment. Flavor profiles of this Costa Rica coffee are citrus orange, milk chocolate, and caramelized sugar. In a word: elegant.

In 2019, the Coffee Beanery team visited the La Minita farm in the Tarrazu region where we went on a coffee tour and experienced coffee production firsthand. From picking the coffee beans (called coffee cherries) to de-pulping, drying, sorting, and roasting, these Costa Rican beans are handled with the utmost care. And of course, the team drank lots of the delicious fresh roasted coffee

Try brewing these coffee beans as espresso for a special treat. Or get a bag of this medium roast Costa Rican coffee in whole bean and grind it fresh for use in your French Press. Also delectable brewed in a pour-over.

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