Flavor description and taste characteristics of coffee beans treated with fragrant Costa Rican Tarazu red honey

Introduction of Coffee Bean Flavor description by Tarazu Red Honey treatment in Costa Rica

Tarazhu, a thriving area with the best soil and high yields in Costa Rica. Tarazhu coffee has a refreshing blueberry aroma and sweet juice, while Boaz volcano coffee is sweeter and has some smoky aromas than Tarazu fruit. Three River Valley Coffee (Tres Rios) is more delicate and balanced than coffee in other parts of Costa Rica. Tarazhu is located near the Pacific Ocean, and the hot spring water from natural hot springs has a great influence on the quality of coffee. There is a strong coffee culture here, which produces the highest quality coffee in the world.

Red honey treatment is a unique processing method of coffee. After picking, the coffee fruit is like a red cherry-shaped fruit. The coffee bean is the coffee core, wrapped by the peel, pulp and inner fruit membrane of the coffee fruit. Mature coffee fruits should be treated immediately after picking to avoid corruption. The raw bean treatment of coffee is the process of removing the exocarp and pulp of coffee, and then taking out the seeds through fermentation. Generally speaking, there are four common treatment methods on the market: sun treatment, water washing treatment, semi-washing treatment and honey treatment.

Production area: Tarrazu, Costa Rica

Variety: Red Bourbon

Grade: SHB

Altitude: 1500-1950 m

Soil: volcanic soil

Treatment: yellow honey

Costa Rican coffee is full of Arabica beans, its style is bright, fragrant, clear as wind chimes swaying in the breeze, mild acidity and good sweetness. Because of the sweetness, even if the coffee gets cold, it tastes very good, which is a major feature of Costa Rican coffee. The so-called honey treatment (Miel Process in Spanish) means that after the coffee beans are washed with water to remove the outer pulp, the sticky jelly is not removed, but the raw beans are dried directly with the mucous membrane. Honey-treated coffee beans can maximize the original sweet flavor of coffee ripe fruit, making coffee show elegant black sugar flavor and drupe flavor, while berry flavor also supports the basic aroma of red wine, which is considered to be a very elegant product. Therefore, it is suggested that when you taste Costa Rican coffee, you should only add a small amount of sugar and cream, so that you can enjoy its girlish flavor.