Villalobos / Black honey
This honey version of villalobos tastes very rounded and gentle this year. High sweetness of ripe fruit balances greatly with spicy character.
€12.30 /kg
This honey version of villalobos tastes very rounded and gentle this year. High sweetness of ripe fruit balances greatly with spicy character.
€12.30 /kg
Regardless the region, our honey and natural Costa Ricans tend to roast pretty similarly. We recommend a fairly subtle approach from the beginning and building up the energy progressively through the roast in order to achieve demanded roast time. These coffees usually take the heat very efficiently, so watch out close to the first crack and don’t let your RoR to sky rocket if you want to be in full control.
Please note this is a general, not a specific tip. Each coffee tends to behave a bit (or a lot!) differently and should be approached individually. We highly recommend working with a colorimeter machine. Your local data, depending on your grinder, grind size and the way you prepare coffee surface for measurements, will be the most precise tool for your QC routine aside from cupping.
LOCATION: San Jose Province, Brunca region, Chirripo
ALTITUDE (MASL): 1,300-1,825 m.a.s.l.
VARIETIES: catuai, caturra, villalobos, geisha, SL28, hybrids & experimental cultivars
PROCCESING METHOD: full honey, natural, experiments
The story of our partnership with Café Rivense and UreñaFamily has primal roots in 2019 when Piotr, our green coffee buyer, worked for a renown roastery in Vancouver. He remembers cupping their full honey caturra for the first time very well and this coffee has him enthralled straight away. So sweet, articulated, round and complex – that day he already knew that he’d love to work with Ricardo and his relatives some day. And this day has come today!
Café Rivense is a family-run micromill, established in 2005 by Regulo Ureña and Isabel Rojas. All their sons – Ricardo, Mario, Esteban and Luis – are deeply involved in running the farm. It’s located in mid-southern part of Costa Rica, in a micro region called Chirripó. It’s not that far away from the capital, San Jose, but the long and winding drive through the middle of the mountain range can pose a serious bellychallenge for many gringos.
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