Koppi · Helsingborg
Costa Rica - Monte Copey "El Halcon" Cherry-rested Honey Catuai 250g
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Flavour notes: Raspberries, Mango, Lychee
Producer: Enrique Navarro Porras and family
Origin: Dota Valley, Tarrazu – Costa Rica
Altitude: 1900–2000 masl
Cultivar: Red Catuai
Process: Cherry-rested and dried as yellow honey
In 2009 the two brothers Enrique and Josue decided to take over the family owned farms belonging to Monte Copey to produce some of the best coffee found in Costa Rica. They invested in a Penagos – a mechanical depulping machine – which was one of the first steps in their way to improve the production and quality. They also built 22 drying tables to get the coffee off the ground to avoid contamination and slow down the drying process.
Monte Copey is divided into 5 plots of land adding up to close to 20 hectares of which 15 is planted with coffee. All coffees are separated by farm, cultivar and picking date. The same families that have returned to work at the farm for 20 years is handpicking the coffee. The pickers have been trained to only pick the perfectly ripe cherries and also to sort the cherries after the picking. 30 people are working in the field and 4 people are working at the micro mill during the harvest.
They are working with sustainable farmi…
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