bright orange, lemon complexity, lavender background notes. Structured, lively acidity. Long aftertaste. A refined, elegant, classy coffee.
The 1900 in its name is derived from the farm’s elevation at 1900 meters making it one of the highest altitude coffee farms in Costa Rica. This farm is run by Hector Bonilla, his family also owned the Bella Vista Tarrazu farm and Don Mayo micromill, which is frequently in the top slots of the Costa Rica Cup of Excellence. The competition seeks to find and reward the best coffee in Costa Rica each year, a country with thousands of coffee farms. They won 1st place last year for a Geisha coffee from this same La Loma plot; the unroasted coffee sold at auction for about $70 a pound. They have been in top positions most years, attesting to the commitment they make to growing excellence. The microlot is sourced by RoastMasters.com directly, and they have urchased the majority of their production of this lot.
The Tarrazu region has extremely mountainous terrain, high elevations and some of the best growing conditions for coffee in Central America. The lot area called San Francisco de Leon Cortes is is a micro region on the Bella Vista farm located at 1900 meters. The nearby Don Mayo boutique coffee mill which processed this coffee, as well as the farm itself, is a family owned company of the Bonilla Solis family. So, there is total control and continuity between the farm’s production and the micro mill’s processing. The family has been active in quality coffee growing and production in Tarrazu for more than 50 years.
Varietal is 100% Caturra, traditionally processed at the Don Mayo micromill. This includes depulping, fermentation, washing, patio drying in the sun, and, after a couple of months of repose, the coffee is milled before shipping.
This wonderful coffee has a nice, clean, bright and sophisticated style. This is classic Costa Rica Tarrazu with orange, lemon complexity. Lavender background notes. Structured, lively acidity. Long aftertaste. A refined, elegant, classy coffee.The high elevation at which this coffee is grown makes for concentrated flavors.
- Origin: Costa Rica
- Region: Tarrazu
- Farm: Bella Vista 1900
- Producer: Hector Bonilla
- Altitude: 1900m
- Cultivar: Caturra
- Processing: Washed
- Sourcing: RoastMasters