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Try Seven different coffees from Costa Rica! 1/2 pound of each. Includes some very fancy Super Premium offerings!
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Costa Rican – Las Lajas Micromill – Finca Calle Liles – Black Honey
This is a quality cup in and out. Lots of cool tones to play with in the roaster. A bit higher acidity with a strong floral aspect, balanced with a full bodied nutty and chocolaty undertone. Slightly fruit forward but not a fruit bomb. The black honey processing really leave a crazy complex cup with tones ranging from lemongrass to red fruit to nutty/chocolaty and smoky undertones. Super light roasts lean the cup to lemony/floral and will be loaded with more citric lighter tones, not very balanced but very punchy and clean. Darker roasts lean it towards nutty/chocolaty more stout like features with fruity highlights. In the middle, one gets layers of all the lovely flavors in the cup. Crisp and clean lemony floral balanced with sweet and smooth chocolaty undertones than linger on the nuttier side. Hints of fruit will pop out but not hit you over the head.
Costa Rican Las Lajas Micromill – Finca Calle Liles – “Alma Negra” (Black Soul) Natural
A stellar fruit forward cup of coffee. Similar to the Black Pearl Processing but a little stronger and more wild in its fruity factor. Super clean, medium bodied with some decent acidity. Lighter roasts are a bit higher acidity giving some great sweetness and a stronger winy grape and red fruit tone balanced with a more malty dark tone, a coffee version of jellied toast. Medium roasts reduce some of the wild fruity aspects of the cup along with reducing the more acidic notes, but build much more of a malty chocolaty tone. The cup retains a more refined tart red fruit note (think cranberry) up until 2nd crack.
Costa Rican Org. SHB EP Finca Amistad
This is one you Costa fans will not want to miss; great smooth and clean coffee. A sweet and nutty cup that turns a bit chocolaty as one pushes past a medium roast. Wonderful balance of tones with hints of floral and soft fruit that pop out at most roasts levels. Medium bodied cup with low to medium acidity depending on roast level. A cup everyone should love.
Costa Rican Palmares SHB EP Monte Crisol
A very nice and clean Costa. Lighter roasts will show that classic Costa sweet floral acidity, a little bit on the lemony side balanced with a little dry nutty/chocolate undertone. As the roasting pushes more into the medium category, the cup develops a bit more body and reduced acidity levels giving a much smoother mouthfeel and more defined chocolaty factor. Creates a wonderful balance of tones. A little lighter floral, a little chocolaty/nutty, very pleasant drinker. Darker roasts hold up nicely as well, turn the cup more stronger and more bakers chocolate like, the roasty notes from darker roasting do compliment the cup. Much more of a chocolate bomb with slightly nutty accents.
Costa Rican SHB EP Tarrazu La Pastora
The aroma is floral and sweet like honey. A nice medium bodied, smooth & creamy cup of coffee with little stronger floral aspect, medium to low acidity. It does get a good lemongrass tone at lighter roasts with a soft fruit tone as the cup cools, crisper cup with a slight nutty tone. Turns much more chocolaty into the medium or dark roasts. The cup finishes with a pleasantly surprising spiciness. This is a savory cup of coffee with wonderful complexities.
Costa Rican Premium Gesha – Valle Central – Fabio Ruiz – Black Honey
Very sweet and super clean with a little fuller body for this type of bean. First notes to hit are the winy, fruity, and floral aspects of the cup – very strong at the lighter roasts and show what a Geisha strain can bring to the table. There is a hint of balance with a little chocolaty note at the lighter roast points but if you roast it light, make sure you like the more acidic fruity tones coffee can bring. Medium roasts brought great balance with that wonderful classic Costa chocolaty factor, a bit less acidic, medium roasts will be a cup anyone would love to drink but retains the honey processed fruit forward note. Darker roasts were also surprising pleasant but much harder to tell the Geisha roots. The fruity tones still pop out of a more bakers chocolate undertone right at second crack, a little smokiness in the finish is just what some will be looking for.
Costa Rican RFA West Valley – La Candelaria Estate
Tasty from light to dark, a great jazzy everyday drinker. Medium bodied with medium to low acidity. This cup has great contrast between the sweet floral and nutty/chocolaty undertones. Lighter roasts are tasty but a little dryer, the floral factor pops right out with just a hint of a lemony acidity and a soft fruit tone. Nutty and chocolaty tones can be found especially as the cup cools. Medium roasts were our favorite roast point, pronounced and smooth darker tones with very floral aromatics and a sweet edge. Works great darker as well but will pick up stronger bittersweet tones.
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