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Verde Alto

Costa Rica

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Luxuriously rich and creamy

This year’s lot of Verde Alto was processed using the yellow honey method, producing a delicious coffee with a heavy, luxuriously creamy body, juicy apricot acidity and a long, toffee apple-like finish.
Flavour Category
chocolate & caramel chocolate & caramel
High quality coffee has wide ranging, naturally occurring taste notes. The dominant flavour profile in this coffee is Chocolate & Caramel. Brought out by the roasting process – caramelisation happens towards the end of the roast. Generally the darker the roast, the more dominant the chocolate and caramel flavours are.
Roast
This coffee is a light roast. Roast level influences the flavour and body of coffee. Darker roasts are fuller bodied, lighter roasts brighter. The beans are light brown in colour (unsurprisingly), it will retain more of the natural flavour of the coffee. This can result in a higher acidity and may often show more fruit and floral notes. This roast style means the quality of the coffee shines through the best.
Quality Score
87.0
Coffee scoring over 80 on Speciality Coffee Association scale is considered High Quality, Speciality Coffee.
Best Brewed As
cafetiere
This coffee is best brewed as a cafetiere (French press). All our coffees can be brewed using any method, but this is our recommendation for a method which suits the coffee particularly well.
espresso
This coffee is best brewed as an espresso (coffee shop type machine or a bean to cup). All our coffees can be brewed using any method, but this is our recommendation for a method which suits the coffee particularly well.
filter
This coffee is best brewed as a filter (cafetiere, pour over, aeropress, drip, etc.). All our coffees can be brewed using any method, but this is our recommendation for a method which suits the coffee particularly well.
Processing Method
This coffee was processed using the yellow honey method. Post-harvest processing influences the taste profile. Washed coffees are brighter, naturally processed are sweeter and honey processed are somewhere in between.

More about this microlot

Juani Cordero’s farm ‘Verde Alto’ sits at around 1800 metres above sea level and is located in San Pablo de León Cortés, in the famous coffee growing region of Tarrazu. Juani, an extremely dedicated coffee farmer, cultivates his coffee on his farm as sustainably as possible, shade-growing the coffee and minimising agrochemical use. It’s no wonder that the farm’s name “Verde Alto”, translates to verde (green) and alto (high/elevated) in Spanish! Juani started producing coffee at 16 years old, giving him over 60 years of experience producing speciality coffee. This expertise has been passed down, his sons now run the farm.

VARIETALS

  • Red Catuai

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Verde Alto

Costa Rica

Juani Cordero’s farm ‘Verde Alto’ sits at around 1750-1800 metres above sea level and is located in San Pablo de León Cortés in the famous coffee growing region of Tarrazu. Juani, an extremely dedicated coffee farmer, cultivates his coffee on his farm as sustainably as possible, shade-growing the coffee and minimising agrochemical use. It’s no wonder that the farm’s name “Verde Alto”, translates to verde (green) and alto (high/elevated) in Spanish!

You can expect many more years of this coffee. Juani imparts his extensive experience and expertise to his sons, creating further generations of exquisite coffee from Verde Alto.

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