Costa Rica

All 3 + Gesha Beans

reminiscent of blueberries · floral · tea-like

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Every price we hold for this coffee works out far outside the believable per kilo range for its own market, or repeats unchanged across different bag sizes, so we will not put a figure to it.

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How it sits among coffee from Costa Rica

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Costa Rica: 258 of 395 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Colonna Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, floral, tea-like. 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.

tea-like and floral are unusual here — 3% of coffee from Costa Rica are described that way, and 10% of coffee from Costa Rica are described that way.

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

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Costa Rica, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Peru

Region

Aceh

Process

washed

Variety

Gesha

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, altitude, 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.

What Colonna Coffee says about itself

Plastic free packaging

“Are your capsules recyclable? Yes, our aluminium capsules are 100% plastic-free and fully recyclable with Podback for UK customers.” their page (opens in a new tab)

Compostable packaging

…upply up to a maximum of 10 bags at any one time and reserve the right to deny delivery. Compostable capsules (and their air-tight bags) require commercial composting and can be added to man… part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)

Recyclable packaging

“Capsules Are your capsules recyclable? Are your capsules recyclable?” their page (opens in a new tab)

These are claims the roaster makes about its business, not about this coffee, and we have not checked them against any register.

Where each fact came from

Acidity, described

“Cafe Vida Washed, Costa Rica, 250g (Foundation) A great example of Costa Rican coffee offering rounded sweetness, mellow acidity and a full mouthfeel.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“El Cerro Washed Gesha, Peru, 150g (Gesha) A floral washed Gesha with fruity sweetness and a tea-like finish.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Gara Agena Natural, Ethiopia, 150g (Rare) A classic Ethiopian natural profile offering rich, ripe fruit notes reminiscent of blueberries.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Cafe Vida Washed, Costa Rica, 250g (Foundation) A great example of Costa Rican coffee offering rounded sweetness, mellow acidity and a full mouthfeel.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Aceh Gayo Natural, Indonesia, 250g (Discovery) A great example of high-quality Indonesian coffee offering notes of black current and a spiced finish.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“El Cerro Washed Gesha, Peru, 150g (Gesha) A floral washed Gesha with fruity sweetness and a tea-like finish.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“Gara Agena Natural, Ethiopia, 150g (Rare) A classic Ethiopian natural profile offering rich, ripe fruit notes reminiscent of blueberries.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

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.