Costa Rica

Christmas Coffee / Los Cuarteles / Red Honey / Costa Rica / 250g

Caramel · Melon · & Pear

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What Fuglen Coffee Roasters says about this coffee

Origin: Costa Rica Producer: Mario Araya Mora & Family Coffee Region: Leon Cortez, Tarrazu Micro mill: Los Cuarteles Varieties: Red Catuai Process: Red Honey Altitude: 1800 m.a.s.l. Flavour Profile: Caramel, Melon, & Pear

Los Cuarteles is the name of the micro mill owned by producer Mario Araya Mora. He established the mill in 2014 as a way to ensure consistency in his coffee production. Marios whole family is involved in the production of their coffee and his children look set to follow in his footsteps. Mario produces his coffee in an artisanal way and focuses on the honey method of production which has become synonymous with coffee production in Costa Rica.

The Honey process is often described as a cross between Natural and Washed processing methods taking the best elements from both processes. After the coffee cherries are picked they are sorted and the skin is removed leaving behind a layer of sugar pulp called mucilage - this is what the “Honey” part of the process refers to. The coffee can be sub categorized depending on the amount of this mucilage left on the bean. Yellow honey has the least amount, Red honey lies in the middle and Black honey has the most.…

Their own sales copy, as published on their page and not checked by us. We keep the first 1,200 characters of it, which is why it stops where it does. read it on their page (opens in a new tab)

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Costa Rica

Region

Tarrazu

Producer

Mario Araya Mora

Process

washed, honey

Variety

Catuai

Altitude

1800 m

Not stated

farm or estate, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

How it sits among coffee from Costa Rica

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Costa Rica: 380 of 935 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Fuglen Coffee Roasters describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet. 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.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Costa Rica coffees

Where each fact came from

Altitude, lowest

“Altitude: 1800 m.a.s.l. Flavour Profile: Caramel, Melon, & Pear Los Cuarteles is the name of the micro mill owned by producer Mario Araya Mora.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“Varieties: Red Catuai Process: Red Honey Altitude: 1800 m.a.s.l.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Flavour Profile: Caramel, Melon, & Pear Los Cuarteles is the name of the micro mill owned by producer Mario Araya Mora.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

Christmas Coffee / Los Cuarteles / Red Honey / Costa Rica / 250g… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Coffee Region: Leon Cortez, Tarrazu Micro mill: Los Cuarteles Varieties: Red Catuai Process: Red Honey Altitude: 1800 m.a.s.l.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

Christmas Coffee / Los Cuarteles / Red Honey / Costa Rica / 250g… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Producer

“Producer: Mario Araya Mora & Family Coffee Region: Leon Cortez, Tarrazu Micro mill: Los Cuarteles Varieties: Red Catuai Process: Red Honey Altitude: 1800 m.a.s.l.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“Flavour Profile: Caramel, Melon, & Pear Los Cuarteles is the name of the micro mill owned by producer Mario Araya Mora.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 1 fact on this page was read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for it.

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.