Costa Rican Tarazu processing Plant Royal Coffee Costa Tarazu Flavor

Flavors are summarized as follows:

1) Dry fragrance: When grinding, you will feel the aroma, rich, and have a unique vanilla fragrance.

2) Wet aroma: light floral and very weak tea aroma, slightly sweet blackberry fruit and a little caramel, sour, weak sweet and chocolate aroma.

Taste after entry: The taste is quite balanced and pure, the mellow feeling is good, very good smooth feeling, slightly sweet feeling, very long sweetness, fine taste slightly smoky feeling, not too bitter, overall taste down mellow feeling and aroma is better than the previous Westvalley, after adding milk, it will not feel lighter. If it is hand red, it is recommended that the brewing temperature be between 83-85 degrees.

Costa Rica is located in the volcanic belt of Central America at low latitudes, with central plateaus and mountains about 800 to 2000 meters above sea level.

The climate here has two distinct dry and wet seasons. Harvest period from November to March of the following year, this time coincides with the dry season, can harvest high quality and consistent maturity coffee fruit, dry dry season also provides sun conditions for the sun treatment link, in the rainy season to ensure sufficient precipitation. Fertile and well-drained volcanic ash soil provides sufficient nutrients for coffee growth, coupled with the growth advantage of high altitude, which is the prerequisite for high-quality coffee in Costa Rica.

DOTA coffee is usually grown in a mountainous environment where the coffee trees are bathed in sunlight in the morning and blocked by thick clouds in the afternoon and evening, as if it were a natural shade growing environment. DOTA coffee grows in rich red volcanic ash soils that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. This volcanic ash soil helps the roots of coffee trees evacuate rain in time without flooding. The region also has long periods of sunshine (more than 2000 hours per year) and adequate precipitation.

Dota belongs to Tarrazu (Tarrazu), an independent small production area. Dota is about 2 hours 'drive south of the capital San Jose. There are mountains and valleys in the area. It is a geographical watershed on the Pacific side of Costa Rica's border.(Because the country borders the Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific Oceans at the same time), the dry and wet seasons are fairly distinct, with rainfall of 2,000 mm, an average annual temperature of 19 ° C (66 ° F) and sufficient sunshine, averaging 2,150 hours per year. These conditions are really good for growing quality coffee, and the average altitude of the coffee plantations is 1,200 to 1,700 meters, which are very hard beans at high altitudes. The coffee produced is usually bright in acid, good in Body and attractive in aroma. The main harvest season is usually from January to March, which is due to the high altitude. It presents a different flavor from Tarrazu. The so-called honey treatment is said to mean the process of making raw beans with mucous membranes dried in the sun. After coffee beans have been stripped of their outer pulp, they have a thick, gelatinous layer. The traditional washing method is to wash it with clean water, but because of the water resource limitation of some high-altitude producing areas, this direct drying method has appeared.

The honey treatment process is vulnerable to pollution and mold damage, requiring close supervision throughout the process, continuous stirring, and accelerated drying to avoid bad fermentation flavor. Its advantage is that it can best preserve the original sweet flavor of coffee ripe fruit, so that coffee presents a light brown sugar flavor and stone fruit sweet, while the berry flavor also supports the red wine base aroma, considered a very elegant product. Honey-treated coffee beans are popular, largely because of their sweet, thick texture.

The honey treatment process is vulnerable to pollution and mold damage, requiring close supervision throughout the process, continuous stirring, and accelerated drying to avoid bad fermentation flavor. Its advantage is that it can best preserve the original sweet flavor of coffee ripe fruit, so that coffee presents a light brown sugar flavor and stone fruit sweet, while the berry flavor also supports the red wine base aroma, considered a very elegant product. Honey-treated coffee beans are popular, largely because of their sweet, thick texture.