TECHNICAL DETAILS
Origin: Costa Rica, Valle Central, Moravia (exactly here)
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1,250 mts
Varietal: Obatá
Producer: Cooperlibertad R.L
Harvest: 2022
Taste notes: apple compote, stone fruit, creamy toffee
WHY WE LIKE IT
This coffee is a perfect coffee for cold weather: it has notes reminiscent of applesauce and stone fruit, a cinnamon aroma and a vinous aftertaste. The texture is reminiscent of crème caramel. It is a round and bright coffee.
RECIPE
For filter:
We use 20 grams of ground coffee and 320 grams of final water at 93C. We make three pours. The first one of 50 grams, we wait 30 seconds and make two pours of 135 grams in a total time of 3 and a half minutes.
Variables to be taken into account:
- METHOD: V60
- GRINDER: EK43
- WATER: 70 ppm
HISTORY
Finca Higuerones was acquired by Coopelibertad in the mid-1990s from the Tournon family. Tournon family, and there was concern on the part of the members of Coopelibertad's board of directors at the time that the farm could be Coopelibertad's board of directors at that time because they thought that the farm could be urbanised and could cause some problems with the environment and neighbouring neighbourhoods.
VARIETY AND PROCESS
The variety is Obatá, a hardy variety typical of Brazil that was later introduced in Costa Rica.
The process is natural and the drying method is 6 days in a patio (solar drying) and 24 hours of mechanical drying.