Vera Saatchi Coffee from Shumawa Coffee Manor, Costa Rica

Country: Costa Rica Fiscal year: 2003

Grade: SHB Extreme Hard Bean

Region: West Valley Orange County

Altitude: 1670-1790 m

Treatment: Sunlight

Breed: Vera Saki

Producer: Shumawa Manor

Flavor: Honey apple, dried berry, yellow fruit notes

Costa Rica is located in the Central American Isthmus, and is regulated by Pacific and Atlantic currents and sea breezes. Many towering volcanoes in Costa Rica reach an altitude of 2000 meters. Coffee berries can grow slowly in fertile volcanic ash soil and cool environment at high altitude, and produce coffee beans with complete flavor and rich flavor.

Coffee was first grown in Costa Rica two hundred years ago on the slopes of the Poas and Barva volcanoes, in what is today known as the Central Valley. After years of development, Costa Rica now has eight main production areas: Guanacaste, West Valley, Central Valley, Turrialba, Orosi, Tres Rios, Tarrazu and Brunca.

According to ICO statistics, Costa Rica can produce about 1.6 million bags of Arabica coffee a year. Although the output is not as good as that of Central American countries such as Guatemala and Honduras, it is much higher than theirs in terms of quality and price.

Costa Rica has two seasons: the dry season is from December to April, when coffee is harvested, and the rainy season is from May to November. Micro-treatment plants have been established in recent years, requiring relatively little investment because they consume only 5% of the water of traditional washing plants and do not require large tanks and exposure fields. The "honey-treated coffee" with low acidity, increased complexity and sweet aroma has become the target of competition in the coffee industry in recent years; among them, the best have been brilliant in major competitions in recent years, greatly enhancing the international reputation of each estate.

Costa Rica's Shumava Estate is a very young estate; Francisco Mena, who was originally engaged in the coffee trade, bought the land and kept most of the original forest, only a small part of which was developed as a coffee growing area to maintain the natural ecological balance of the estate.

Shumava Estate is located between 1670 and 1790 meters above sea level, in another well-known producing area of Costa Rica-the Western Valley, with high temperature differences and fertile soil, which is very suitable for coffee cultivation.

Manor owner Francisco Mena introduced a premium variety that entered the top 13 in the Extraordinary Cup, the Bourbon mutant, villa sarchi. This is a rare breed bred by crossing red bourbon trees. Strong wind resistance, likes high altitude environment, has excellent acidity and a variety of old fruit aromas, high sweetness, bright and delicate citrus acid aromas and lower raisin and nut aromas, high complexity and balance.

Most of the estates were left to forests to preserve their natural environment. He had also spent a lot of effort on the tidying up of the manor. Instead of burning broken wood, rotten wood, weeds, etc., he had broken the wood into pieces and mixed them with organic fertilizer to be used as fertilizer on the farm.