Costa Rica Aquiares Washed

Costa Rica Aquiares WashedCosta Rican coffee (and Central American coffees in general) often represent a lot of the things we dislike about the coffee supply chain. Way too many farms in Central America are owned by wealthy Westerners who have access to capital and marketing that allows them to sell their coffees at prices that indigenous people could never achieve. This coffee is different, and it represents the sort of de colonisation of the coffee supply chain that we want

Price paid per kg: £8

who then resells to a big international buyer

each sip is an exquisite swirl of sugary

but very cool

this washing station operates under the Tekangu Farmers’ Cooperative Society

Warmup time: Less than 24 minutes

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they have facilities where they process their own lots and educate other farmers in processing techniques while their ‘Coffee Campus’ programme provides training in roasting

Process: Pulped Anaerobic Natural

including growing

Varietal: Laurina

with vibrant notes of strawberry