Vera Saatchi Coffee planting History of Vera Saatchi Manor in the Valley region of Western Costa Rica

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The growing history of Vera Saatchi coffee beans in the valley region of western Costa Rica.

Tono Manor is located west of Costa Rica's Poas volcano, a well-known coffee producer: the western valley. Orange County.

The manor was owned by Aijia, the owner of the estate in the 1960s. Edgar Aguilar started growing coffee and is now managed by his sons. The manor is located next to the volcano, the high-altitude planting climate and fertile volcanic loam bring a good growing environment for coffee; the variety is the rare Villa Sarchi on the market, which is a rare variety bred by local coffee farmers in the western valley through bourbon tree species cross, strong wind resistance, preference for high altitude environment, excellent acidity and a variety of fruit flavor.

Finca To ñ o, located in Orange County in Costa Rica's western valley region (West Valley), finished 13th in the 2011 Cup of Excellence Cup with a score of 86.09. Of the 31 winners in COE that year, different estates in Orange County, a small place, accounted for seven seats, and the second place was also from Orange County, with brilliant results.

Orange County (Naranjo) has fertile valleys in the north of Costa Rican volcanoes. Due to the topography, the microclimate is very complex, and different locations have different planting conditions. Costa Rica has a total of 8 producing areas, the more well-known are the Central Valley, the Western Valley, and the well-known Tarazhu.

Laozhuang master Edgar. Azireira. Edgar Aguilar Bonilla has been growing coffee since the 1960s, followed by his son, Philippe. Azireira. Felipe Aguilera Gonz á lez (Gonz á lez) takes over and is currently taken over by the three brothers of Azireira, Bornabe. Azireira. Gonzalay (Bernabe Aguilera Gonzalez), Antonio. Antonio Aguilera, Lleras Mo. Erasmo Aguilera is in charge of the operation. In fact, 12 brothers and sisters in the family work together to run four different estates, including Finca de Licho and Edgar in addition to Finca To ñ o. Edgar Chayote, Angelina and so on. During the busy harvest period, workers will be hired to help with the harvest. Apart from that, everything else is true. Now even the third generation is working on the manor. Like other slightly larger estates, the Azireira brothers have their own washing plant, called the Azireira treatment Plant (Aguilera mill). The cherries harvested can be disposed of directly in the washing plant, fully controlling the quality of each batch.

Tono's altitude is quite high, 1450 meters. In the western valley, the vast majority of varieties are Kaddura and Kaduai, but this bean is a relatively rare native Costa Rican variety "Villa Sarch í", a bourbon variety found near Orange County in the western valley. this variety of coffee is short, wind-resistant, high-yielding, excellent floral aroma, elegant acidity, strong flavor, rich fruit flavor and pleasing sweetness. With the complexity, rich, thick taste and charming sweetness brought by the honey method.

Qianjie cuisine is recommended:

Filter cup: Hario V60

Water temperature: 90 degrees

Degree of grinding: small Fuji 3.5

Cooking methods: the ratio of water to powder is 1:15, 15g powder, the first injection of 25g water, 25 s steaming, the second injection to 120g water cut off, waiting for the powder bed water to half and then water injection, slow water injection until 225g water, extraction time about 2:00

Analysis: using three-stage brewing to clarify the flavor of the front, middle and back of the coffee. Because the V60 has many ribs and the drainage speed is fast, it can prolong the extraction time when the water is cut off.