Altitude - 1500 - 1700 MASL
Location - Las Lajas, Sabanilla de Alajuela, Costa Rica
Preparation - Black Honey
Variety - Caturra, Catuai
Notes - Strawberry, dark chocolate, fig
This coffee, from the always exceptional Las Lajas in Costa Rica is a perfect example of a black honey micro lot. It is a honey process where the red coffee beans must be pulped. Once pulped, they are moved to African beds. During the first two days, the beans are not moved, but after that, periodic movements (3 to 4 times a day) begin to decrease the coffee's humidity. This process takes around 15 to 20 days.
What you end up with is a beautifully complex coffee. It’s very similar to a natural but with a bit more complexity and depth. In a flat white this is, in our opinion, the best coffee of the year so far. Plenty of body and sweetness but with some lovely boozy fruit notes too. Lovely!