Costa Rica - La Lia "Red Honey SL28" 250g

Wild · Tropical · Strawberry milkshake

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What Koppi says about this coffee

Flavour notes: Wild, Tropical, Strawberry milkshake

Producer: Luis and Oscar Monge

Farm: Piesan

Origin: Santa Rosa de Leon Cortez, Tarrazu – Costa Rica

Altitude: 1900–2000 masl

Cultivar: SL28

Process: Red Honey Process

La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge. The farm has been in the family for almost 70 years but it was in 2008 that the brothers took over the production and started their own micro mill named after their mother Lia.

The farm is divided in 7 plots of land with the highest parts reaching up to 2100 meters above sea level where the coffee cherries ripen very slowly resulting in high sugar concentration. They grow mainly Red Catuai on the highest altitudes and Caturra slightly lower. They also have extended their range of varieties to Bourbon, Pacamara, Tipica, Yellow Tipica, SL28, Kenia and Geisha to name a few. The annual production of the 60 hectare farm land is around 1000 bags of green coffee. All coffees are separated by farm, cultivar and picking date. The same families that have returned to work at the farm for 14 years are handpicking the coffee. The 60 pickers have been trained to only pick th…

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What the roaster says about where it came from

CountryCosta Rica

RegionTarrazu

Farm or estatePiesan

ProducerLuis and Oscar Monge

Processhoney

VarietyPacamara, Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai, Gesha, SL28

Altitude1900 to 2000 m

HarvestNot stated

LotNot stated

ImporterNot stated

Price paid to the producerNot stated

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How it sits among coffee from Costa Rica

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Altitude, highest

“Altitude: 1900–2000 masl Cultivar: SL28 Process: Red Honey Process La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Variety

“They also have extended their range of varieties to Bourbon, Pacamara, Tipica, Yellow Tipica, SL28, Kenia and Geisha to name a few.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Flavour notes: Wild, Tropical, Strawberry milkshake Producer: Luis and Oscar Monge Farm: Piesan Origin: Santa Rosa de Leon Cortez, Tarrazu – Costa Rica Altitude: 1900–2000 masl Cultivar: SL28 Process: Red Honey Process La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Origin: Santa Rosa de Leon Cortez, Tarrazu – Costa Rica Altitude: 1900–2000 masl Cultivar: SL28 Process: Red Honey Process La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

Processing

“Process: Red Honey Process La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Producer

“Producer: Luis and Oscar Monge Farm: Piesan Origin: Santa Rosa de Leon Cortez, Tarrazu – Costa Rica Altitude: 1900–2000 masl Cultivar: SL28 Process: Red Honey Process La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

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