Costa Rica
Central Valley
Enrique Sanchez; Coope Libertad
La Canoa
San Isidro
Natural
December–January
Cacao Nib, Blackberry, Almond, Mandarin Orange
1314 meters
N/A
69 kg w/ GrainPro
UAE - Dubai - DMCC
Finca La Canoa has been owned by the Sánchez Gonzáles family since the 1950s. The farm was planted with Typica coffee for many years until Catuai and Caturra varieties spread throughout the country. The farm went through another rejuvenation in 2018 when the family began testing promising new hybrids on their land, including the San Isidro variety which comprises this lot. San Isidro coffee has been found to have high cup potential, yield potential, and resistance to some diseases such as la roya.
This coffee was processed by Coope Libertad. Freshly delivered cherries are first stored in tanks overnight before the drying process begins. The cherries are then placed on raised beds where they are dried for 15–25 days until they reach 10% humidity. Next, the dried cherries are milled into parchment coffee and rested in storage for 4–8 weeks prior to being hulled. The green coffee is then sorted by size, then via gravity sorting, and finally via electronic sorting before being packaged for shipment.
The Central Valley, or Valle Central in Spanish, is a plateau in central Costa Rica. The land in the valley is a relative plain surrounded by several mountains and volcanoes of the Central Range. The region is home to almost three quarters of Costa Rica’s population and includes the capital and most populous city, San José. The land in the Central Valley is distributed between the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, San José, and Cartago. The region occupies an area of 11,366 km², more than a fifth of the country, and is drained by the Tárcoles River. Farms in Central Valley are comparatively accessible but recognized for growing and processing Arabica coffees with the bright acidity and complex fruit flavors Costa Rican coffee is known for.
