Costa Rica Tarrazu Diamond Mountain High Altitude Strictly Hard Bean Red Honey Coffee Flavor Profile and Aroma Description

Product Information

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Product Name: FrontStreet Coffee Costa Rica Tarrazu Montanas del Diamante SHB Red Honey

Flavor Description: Sweet dates, brown sugar and cane sugar sweetness, caramel cocoa, rounded acidity, smooth mouthfeel.

Country: Costa Rica

Region: Tarrazu, Dota Valley

Estate: Finca Montanas del Diamante

Variety: Red Catuai

Altitude: 1,750 to 1,850 meters

Grade: European Standard Strictly Hard Bean (SHB)

Processing Method: Red Honey

Harvest Period: November to March

Certification: N/A

Introduction

Finca Montanas del Diamante is located in the Tarrazu region, Dota Valley, with coffee cultivation at altitudes of 1,750 to 1,850 meters. Coffee varieties include Red Catuai, Caturra, and other varieties. The estate owner, the Gutierrez family, has 50 hectares of coffee cultivation area. Their main philosophy is to produce excellent quality coffee while maintaining an environmentally friendly ecosystem.

Dota Valley in the Tarrazu region is a very unique place, with perfect high mountain altitudes and microclimates, and some coffees have achieved records for Costa Rica's best coffee. Finca Montanas del Diamante has its own processing facilities, with rich production technology for washed, honey, and natural processed green beans.

Costa Rica has a long history of coffee cultivation, but in the past 10+ years, more innovative "dry" processing methods have become popular. The new method collectively known as "honey processing" uses the function of pulp removers to adjust the degree of pulp removal, producing "honey sensation" that ranges from light to concentrated as colors range from light to deep (white, yellow-red-white, yellow-red-black), with varying levels of acidity, complex aroma, and richness—each with its own depth and merits.

Costa Rican coffee has always been considered a classic flavor of perfect type—balanced, clean, and mild are its foundation. This batch of FrontStreet Coffee's Costa Rica Montanas del Diamante comes from the famous Tarrazu specialty bean region, renowned for its excellent natural geographical conditions and superior regional cultivation management techniques. It features nearly perfect classic flavors with lively citrus characteristics, black grape-like aromas, melon-like sweetness, smooth mouthfeel, drupe fruit/light floral notes, and a significant coffee flower fragrance in the aftertaste.

Its flavor characteristics are clear, balanced, complex and varied, with gentle orange-citrus notes, toast, clean mouthfeel, caramel cocoa sweetness, melon-like sweetness, and excellent finish.

Costa Rican Coffee Overview

Coffee cultivation in Costa Rica began in 1779 with introduction from Cuba, but it wasn't until 1820 that coffee was first exported. There are currently about 32,000 coffee farmers, with each farmer's average cultivation area being less than one hectare (10,000 square meters).

Costa Rica has a population of 4.1 million (2006), with coffee cultivation area of 82,500 hectares, annual production of 1.7 million bags (60kg per bag), domestic annual consumption of 380,000 bags, and average annual per capita consumption of 5.5kg—higher than Japan (4kg consumption), while Taiwan's current average is only slightly more than 1kg.

Costa Rica was the first country in Central America to introduce coffee cultivation, with a long history and complete coffee organization from production to sales systems. Located in the Central American isthmus, with numerous volcanoes within its borders, it has natural advantages of sunshine and land. Climate-wise, it's simultaneously moderated by Pacific and Atlantic ocean currents and sea breezes, producing coffee with characteristics of local microclimate terroir conditions. In terms of quality and quantity, Costa Rican coffee has consistently received world recognition and has been rated as one of the world's high-quality coffees.

Coffee cultivation in Costa Rica already has two hundred years of history, first planted on the slopes of Poas and Barva volcanoes, in what is today called the Central Valley region. The main seven coffee regions are distributed from northwest to southeast along the inland central plateau.

The volcanic terrain of Costa Rica, with its fertile volcanic ash, mild and suitable temperatures, and stable abundant rainfall, are all factors that make coffee one of Costa Rica's main agricultural products. The seven major regions are: Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Orosi, Central Valley, West Valley, Turrialba, and Brunca.

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