Costa RicaCosta Rica | Finca La Mirella
grapes · clementine · caramel
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What kava.family says about this coffee
What this coffee feels like?
Feeling tired after a long day at the beach. Sun just set behind the horizon and that first evening breeze came in from the ocean. Warm at first, but refreshing enough that it makes you shiver.
Oscar and Francisca Chacón are third-generation coffee producers, but the coffee is more than just in their family heritage: It's in their hearts and souls as well. The couple is committed to quality and innovation, and are among the very first farmers in Costa Rica to produce Honey and Natural process specialty coffee.
In 2005, after years of delivering their cherry to a cooperative for the going market price, they decided to join the brand-new "micromill revolution" and buy their own depulper to have more control over the quality and the price they received for their lots. "At first, we didn't know what we were doing," Oscar explains. "We were just experimenting." That experimentation led to some of the most exciting new flavor profiles we have ever tasted: Now, the Chacons produce a wide range of Honey process coffees, modulating the drying time in order to create different effects in the cup.
Necessity bred more innovation for the family when an earthqua…
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What the roaster says about where it came from
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How it sits among coffee from Costa Rica
kava.family describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, citrus. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Costa Rica; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.
Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Costa Rica, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.
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Where each fact came from
Altitude, highest
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Altitude, lowest
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Flavour families
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Region
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Producer
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Tasting notes
“Region: Sabanilla de Alajuela, Central Valley Producer: Oscar and Francisca Chacón Altitude: 1400-1600m Variety: Mariana Process: Black Honey Notes: grapes, clementine, caramel WEIGHT: 250g Please note that 250g bags can be shipped in kava boxes as an additional option.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
A further 3 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.
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