1/11/2015

El Pedregal

Beans:  El Pedregal
Roaster: Doi Coffee
Roasting Degree: Full city
Origin/Area: Canet, Tarrazu, Costa Rica
Grade: N/A
Screen: N/A
Defect: N/A
Altitude: 1,675m ~
Variety: Caturra
Process: Traditional Costa Rican process, washed & Sundried

【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 4
Sweetness: 4
Acidity: 3
Bitterness: 3
Richness: 3      ※Grade 1 to 5



 【Impression】
Medium, Fruity, sweet berry aroma, fresh strawberry, raspberry, a tint of cardamon as top note, lightly Dutch cocoa, juicy, light, matured dates, prune, clear sweetness, dark chocolate bitterness and acidity, thick but transparent sweetness, a touch of pumpkin pie spice, anise, demerara sugar, juicy and soothing citrus honey like sweetness as a long aftertaste.  
【Note】
El Pedregal is COE winning farm in Costa Rican program in 2011.  According to the farm over view of ACE, El Pedregal has "Fertile soils, good shadow and an excellent assistance", where the owner "renovated their crop a few years ago, so this is a young plantation with a great production in quantity and quality."  The owner of La pedregal is the Bonilla Solìs family, well known and a familiar in Costa Rican COE.  The Bonilla Solis family, Josuè Bonilla Solìs, can be found on the first place in the 2009 COE Costa Rica program: Finca Bella Vista.  If you serch widely, the name of Bonilla Solìs family can be found often in COE.  As the owner of Don Mayo micro mill, their family member nominated as Cerro la Cruz in 2012, La Loma 2008&2009, Los Nacientes in 2011.  As extremely mountainous region, the Tarrazu region is blessed with high elevations and some of the best growing conditions for coffee in Central America.

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