A soft and mild fruit-forward sweetness of golden raisin, all followed by a sweet and honey-like waffle body. It finishes the tasting experience with deeply present Cocoa.

Roast Level

• Coffee Details

  Producer

  Calderon Family

  Country

  Costa Rica
  

  Region

  Santa María, Dota, Tarrazu

  Cultivar

  Catuai

  Years of Purchase

  4 Years 
  

  Process

  Washed
  

  Elevation

  1900-2100 Meters

  Harvest

  December-April

  Tasting Notes

  Golden Raisin, Stroopwafel, Cocoa

  Brew Method

  Aeropress
  

  Brew Recipe

  Ratio: 1:13
  Coffee: 14 grams
  Water: 182 grams
  Total Brewing Time: 2:30 minutes
  

• Farmlevel Story

  Farmlevel

  The Calderon family built their formidable Los Angeles micro-mill among the original Micro-mill Revolutionaries in the early 2000s upon leaving the Coopedota cooperative. Before the Micro-mill Revolution, farmers would deliver cherries to a centralized mill like Coopedota. By establishing their private micro-mills, farmers, for the first time, could take control of processing and marketing their coffees and direct relationships with buyers.
  
  The Calderon Family calls home to the beautiful town of Santa María in Dota, Tarrazu, where they have an amazing infrastructure of farms. El Vendaval, one of their largest farms, sits high atop the peaks of Tarrazu with bursting trees of bright Red Catuai. These trees are situated on very steep hillsides, which allow for amazing soil complexity and sunlight for ample nutrition to the trees.
  
  The landscape of Tarrazu is filled with many peaks and valleys in the Cordillera Talamanca’s central area. The slopes can be extremely treacherous, but the final product is well worth the trouble as Tarrazu is widely considered one of the best places on earth to grow coffee.