Costa Rica Aquiares Estate  - Filter

This coffee was used in our Christmas Blend. with some left we wanted to release it on it's own too!

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• Producers + Mill:

Aquiares, one of Costa Rica’s largest and most historic coffee farms, sits high on the fertile slopes of Turrialba Volcano. Producing coffee continuously for over a century, the farm has developed an enduring model for growing high-quality Arabica coffee, protecting a stunning natural setting, and supporting a thriving local community of 1,800 people. Established by British farmers in 1890, Aquiares was one of the first estates to produce and export Costa Rican coffee. In 1971, the farm was purchased by its current owners – three families who have worked together with the farm´s staff and community to implement a modern model of sustainable agriculture. Today, the Estate is the largest continuous coffee farm in Costa Rica, covering 924 hectares, 80% of which is planted under shade-grown Arabica.

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• Variety: 

Centroamericano H1 is an F1 hybrid variety generated by crossing the Sarchimor T-5296 and a wild Rume Sudan variety. It is reproduced through a tissue culture cloning process called somatic embryogenesis. This cultivar has been distributed among coffee producers in Central America over the last decade and the first productive harvests are now available. Turrialba’s climate is well suited to growing this new variety, and Aquaires is up to the challenge of meeting its complex nutritional needs. This hybrid represents the best of the farm and cupping worlds because it is high-yielding and rust-resistant, and also has a complex, elegant profile. (Source Ally Coffee) 

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• Process:

Honey processing removes the coffee pulp or cherry skin but leaves the sweet mucilage intact on the coffee bean during the drying stage. The descriptor “red” refers to the color of the mucilage as it dries on the coffee beans. This is later hulled off with the parchment during milling, but the sugars have been absorbed into the coffee bean giving greater dimension to the final cup. Red Honey from Aquiares is dried on raised beds for 18–24 days.

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• Region: Turrialba

• Farm: Aquiares Estate 

   Producer: Diego Robelo

• Importer: The Roast Works 

• Price (green ex Shipping): £7.57 pkg

• Variety: Centroamericano

• Process: Red Honey

• Altitude: 1200masl

• Amount Bought: 270kg

• Tasting: Fruity, Balanced, Juicy Body, High Sweetness.

• Flavours like: Black cherry, Pineapple Juice, Roasted Hazelnuts