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Artisan Roast: Costa Rica, Flor Del Café, La Perla Del Café Micromill, Honey Process

Tasting notes: Toffee like sweetness leading to mandarin and dried apricots with a bright zesty finish

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The Perla Del Cafe micro-mill in Costa Rica's West Valley sits at the top of a ridge overlooking the town of Naranjo, and has consistently produced some of Costa Rica's most exemplorary coffees over the past decade. At around 1600 metres above sea level this is not the highest farm in Costa Rica, but a cool micro-climate slows the ripening phase and sugar development of the coffee cherries down creating the potential for delicious coffee.

The mill's 17 hectares is split into a number of smaller farms to manage micro-lots and quality over the season. This micro-lot comes from Flor Del Cafe, a plot sitting close to the family house and processing area for the farm. It has a number of cultivars sitting side by side and we've brought selected Villa Sarchi from the plot. Like the majority of Perla Del Cafe's coffee, is processed by the yellow honey method.

Owner Carlos Barrantes' hands on quality focus led to the installation of a brand new parabolic drying system in 2016 and this makes sure the coffee dries in a controlled and consistent environment over ten to fifteen days. This control retains the sugar stability in the green coffee, giving Artisan Roast an exceptional raw product to work with in the roastery.

This Villa Sarchi is crammed full of this sweetness and a dense caramel like sweetness is a primary feature of the taste and flavour profile in the cup. Depending on the brew method there are then slight variations in the fruit like flavours present. Brewed as a filter the flavours are more towards dried apricot, some green apple and a medium intensity zesty mandarin acidity. Moving towards aeropress and espresso some subtle hints of vanilla and red berries become noticeable as well.

Altitude: 1500m - 1650m asl
Farm/Coop: Flor Del Café, La Perla Del Café Micromill
Great for: Aeropress, Espresso, Filter, Stove Top
Origin: Costa Rica, Central America
Region: Cirri Sur, Naranjo, Valle Occidental
Owner: Carlos Barrantes
Process Method: Honey Process
Tasting Notes: Toffee like sweetness leading to mandarin and dried apricots with a bright zesty finish
Varietals: Villa Sarchi

Roasterr: Artisan Roast

LETTERBOX friendly (single bag): YES

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Initial collection: Artisan Roast - Edinburgh

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Tasting record

Method Dose Grind Time Volume Comments
e.g. Espresso 18g Vario 1E 25secs 30ml A bit finer next time would be better.