Tasting Notes: Dried mango and jammy passion fruit with mellow dark chocolate flavours. Strongwiney acidity and mild syrupy sweetness.
Suited to: All Filter Brewing Methods & Espresso
Process: Alma Negra
Botanical Cultivars: Catuai, Caturra
Region: Central Valley
Altitude: 2200-2300 Metres above sea level
Oscar and Francisca Chacón are third-generation coffee producers, but the coffee
is more than just in their family heritage: It's in their hearts and souls as well. The
couple is committed to quality and innovation, and are among the very first farmers
in Costa Rica to produce Honey and Natural process specialty coffee.In 2005, after
years of delivering their cherry to a cooperative for the going market price, they
decided to join the brand-new "micromill revolution" and buy their own depulper to
have more control over the quality and the price they received for their lots. "At first,
we didn't know what we were doing," Oscar explains. "We were just experimenting."
That experimentation led to some of the most exciting new flavor profiles we have
ever tasted:
Costa Rica, Las Lajas
The Single Farmer Project is the result of an effort to support Ethiopian producers with a marketplace for farm-traceable coffees. Back in 2012, during a turbulent time in Ethiopia's coffee exporting history, Partner and CEO Jason Long worked with an established cooperative to export some of the first ever truly “Farm Traceable” lots from Ethiopia. This was the first time a roaster could highlight the individual farmer for their Ethiopian Coffee. It was the start of an incredible project and truly began the movement for traceability in Ethiopia as we see more often today. This project also gave us some very fun stories like literally bringing a backpack full of Ethiopian Birr to Yirgacheffe with COO Noah Namowicz to pay the premiums directly to these farmers who participated.