Costa Rica Tarrazu - Cerro Azul Microlot

Heavy body, honey, apple, cinnamon, coffee cake

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Bag Weight	69 KG BAG
Harvest Season	2022/23
Status	Spot
Lot Number	P610916-2

Alameda, CA: 30 Bag(s)

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About This Coffee

This high-grown lot is produced by Unión de Cafetalero de San Isidro (shortened to Undecaf, somewhat misleadingly for English-speakers -- this coffee is assuredly full-caf). The association was formed by about 150 producers in 1994. In 2007-08, nine of the producers collaborated on the building of a small micro mill called El Roble ("The Oak"), featuring a Penagos depulper, drying patios, and small warehouse, so as to better control the quality of their harvests. Undecaf is also active with many social projects in the San Isidro area, including restoring the town's ambulance, building sidewalks, and collaborating on a project with UNA University to foster better relations between producers and coffee pickers.

Country of Origin	Costa Rica
Region	San Isidro de Leon Cortes, Tarrazu
Producer Type	Cooperative
Farm Name	Various smallholders
Wet Mill	El Roble
Processing	Washed
Processing Description	Sun-dried on patios
Growing Altitude	1650m - 1750m

Harvest Season	2022/23
Bag Weight	69 KG BAG
Bag Type	Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species	Arabica
Variety	Catuai, Caturra
Soil	Alluvial clay

History of Costa Rican Coffee

Coffee came to Costa Rica as early as 1779 and within 50 years was generating more revenue than any other crop, but by the 1830’s they were growing more coffee than the ships heading south could take. And virtually no infrastructure existed for transporting even a small amount of green coffee to the east coast of Costa Rica (where London was a mere 5,000 miles away). The distribution woes of Costa Rican coffee producers reached the ears of an up-and-coming shipping magnate named William Le Lacheur in 1841 and on Christmas day, 1841 he sailed The Monarch into port at Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and thus began a long and mutually beneficial relationship. On one voyage to London in late in 1843, the Monarch carried more than half a million pounds of Costa Rican coffee.

Growing Coffee in Costa Rica

Coffee grows in eight coffee regions throughout Costa Rica. In the central and northern highlands where most specialty coffee is found, coffee grows from 1200-1700 meters. Ninety percent of Costa Rican coffee is grown by 50,000 farmers on less than 5 hectares. Although nearly all Costa Rican coffee is wet milled, the country produces a wide variety of honey processed coffee. Coffee is dried using both patios and mechanical dryers. Costa Rica grows Typica, Caturra, Catuai, Villa Sarchi, Bourbon and Gesha.