As promised, some additional information on our new Microlot Costa Ricans.
La Violeta Agrivid (our # 0953)
Producer: Garbanzo Family
Region: Tarrazu
Microregion: La Violeta
Varietals: Caturra, Catuaí and Typica
Altitude:1500-1650 M
Production: 600 bags/year
Workers: 25 harvest pickers , 4 mill workers
Milling Practices:
Pulping: Micromill Ingesec- Gaviota with minimum use of water
Mechanical Elimination of mucilage – Fully Washed
Drying: 100% sun drying and african beds and patios
This mill also does some honey prep and will be looking to do single varietal lots in the 2007/08 harvest.
Puente Ecologico "Honey Prep" from Tarrazu (our # 0954)
Producer: Rodolfo Rivera
Varietals : Caturra & Catuai
Region: Tarrazu
Workers: 10 harvest pickers, 5 mill workers
Microregion: Frailes
Area: 20 Ha.
Altitude: 1500 -1700M
Production: 500 bags/year
Milling Practices:
Pulping: Penagos technology from Colombia
Mechanical Elimination of mucilage
Drying: 100% patios and stretchers
West Valley Zarcero Guillio (our #0956)
Producer name: Gillio Francesa Ferraro
Region: West Valley
Microregion: Zarcero
Area: 7 Ha., 2 farms: Guadalupe, 5 Ha., 1650 masl and Zarcero, 2 Ha., 1700 masl
Production: 150 bags/year
Varietals: Cultivar blend of Catuaí 50%, Caturra 30% and Catimor 20%
(Catimor is harvested separately and delivered to local coop)
Workers: 20 harvest pickers, 4-5 farm workers, 2 mill workers
Milling practices:
Pulping: Penagos technology from Colombia – Fully Washed
Mechanical elimination of mucilage
Drying: 100% Sun on patios
Drying: 100% “honey” process on african beds
Lomas Al Rio 'Honey Prep' and FW (our #s 0955 and 0957)
Producer: Aguilera Family
Region: West Valley
Microregion: Lourdes of Naranjo
Area: 20 Ha.
Production: 500 bags/year
Altitude: 1650 masl
Varietal : Villa Sarchi 100%
Workers: 25 harvest pickers, 10 farm workers
Milling Practices:
Pulping: Traditional horizontal Desacafe pulpers
100% Honey (full of mucilage)
Drying: 100% on patios
These are some great coffees, and we hope to do more of these micro-mill Costas next year. Might be fun to offer 2 Tarrazu microlots, one that is FW and one that is Honey??
Buy 'em!
