Sweet and balanced, creamy body, bright acidity, and notes of milk chocolate, citrus, and caramel.
Zona Los Santos (or, Valley of the Saints) is home to numerous small towns. However, 10 towns — San Marcos, San Lorenzo, San Carlos, Santa Maria, San Gerardo, San Pablo, San Andreas, San Isidro, Santa Cruz, and Copey — hold most of its population and define its coffee culture.
In these 10 towns, like in so much of Costa Rica, life revolves around the church, the soccer field and the town café. Coffee is also an enormous focus in these communities. It’s estimated that approximately 7,000 families in Los Santos typically produce about half a million bags of coffee each year.
This coffee was hand picked by smallholder producers and delivered, at the end of the harvest day, to either the Palmichal micromill or two other nearby mills. Throughout the night, the coffee was de-pulped and washed. It was later dried on patios and finally mechanically dried at low temperatures and with steady airflow..
Other Notes:
Roast – Medium-Light
Area – Los Santos, Costa Rica
Growing Altitude – 4200-5900ft
Type – Washed/Sun & Drum dried
Variety – Caturra, Catui