Description
La Candelaria estate is large for Costa Rica standards, and puts ample resources into environmental stewardship. The estate is located in the vicinity of Palmares, in the Alajuela province. Alajuela is part of Costa Rica’s well-known West Valley, one of the country’s most historic coffee regions.
La Candelaria is 150 hectares of blended coffee production and natural forest preserve. Hans Aeberhard, the owner and manager since 1980, runs both a native wildlife protection program and a reforestation program on the estate, in addition to maintaining Rain Forest Alliance certification. In the greater community La Candelaria seeks to make an impact as well, by providing economic aid to the nearby rural school, which is used for nutrition and learning supplies.
When it comes to coffee, Hans processes and mills on property where he can oversee a variety of techniques. This is Costa Rica, after all, where it is not uncommon to see even small family plots exercising extreme levels of mastery over various degrees of honey and natural profiles made at home. This washed lot is a standard depulped, fermented, washed, and screen-dried blend of cultivars from across La Candelaria.
Variety: Caturra, Catuaí, and Villa Sarchi
Tasting Notes: 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.
Roasting Notes: Nice and easy to roast, we recommend getting some development past first to get a little more defined dark tone to the cup. Stick lighter if you like the floral, go a little darker if you like those rich nutty and chocolaty tones.
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