Costa Rica Baha Coffee Roasting Recommendations | Costa Rican Coffee Bean Flavor Characteristics and Stories

FrontStreet Coffee's Costa Rican beans are roasted medium to preserve their original character. Open the bag and the beans carry the aroma of roasted sugarcane; grind them and the powder releases the fragrance of roasted chestnut shells. Taste it, though, and a vibrant citrus flavor comes through with a delicate, smooth mouthfeel. It is just as good iced as it is hot, delivering a refreshing sensation much like lemon iced tea.

FrontStreet Coffee works on pairing specialty coffee from distinct origins with espresso, and brings real sensitivity and knowledge to the task, making sure each roasted bean keeps its best characteristics and flavors intact.

Coffee Details

Origin: Costa Rica

Processing Method: Honey Process

Roast Level: Medium Roast #58

FrontStreet Coffee's Cupping Notes

FrontStreet Coffee's evaluation of this Costa Rica Honey Process coffee: multi-dimensional citrus fruitiness, kumquat and roasted sugarcane, with an exceptionally smooth mouthfeel and a rich yet clean aftertaste.

FrontStreet Coffee - Costa Rica Honey Process Hacienda Cafetito Musician Series BAH Coffee Beans

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Brewing Parameters: V60/90°C/1:15 ratio/15g coffee powder/medium-fine grind/2-minute brew time

Brewed by FrontStreet Coffee's baristas, this Costa Rican coffee shows clearly defined stages. At high temperature the aroma is refreshingly thick with diverse layers, a mixed style of vanilla, nuts, and woody notes that leaves a whiskey-like bittersweet aftertaste. As the cup cools to medium-low, the acidity rises sharply, the low-to-medium body drops away and turns into medium citrus fruit acidity, while the silk-like smoothness stays. Along the sides of the tongue in particular, you can take in the long, leisurely finish this FrontStreet Costa Rica BAH offers. It is an ideal companion for slow living and savoring quiet moments, and one for estate-coffee lovers to enjoy at their own pace.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Because this Costa Rica BAH is brewed on a V60 at 90°C with a 1:15 ratio and a medium-fine grind, the coffees that pair best are the ones with lifted aromatics and clear acidity. The Hario V60 was developed by Hario, the Tokyo glassmaker founded in 1921, which redesigned the original form in 2004 and released it a year later; its 60-degree cone and V shape force water toward the center before it drips, lengthening contact with the coffee bed, and its single large hole gives the brewer direct control of the flow rate.

For a classic floral-citrus pour-over, FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Gudingding is an easy and rewarding choice, with citrus, berry, and floral notes alongside a green-tea-like sweetness and an acidity that stays soft and bright rather than sharp. FrontStreet Ethiopia Huakui leans much further into tropical fruit, showing strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit, and even lychee, with marked sweetness and very little bitterness. FrontStreet Strawberry Candy carries a Geisha-like profile, and FrontStreet Mozart brings a distinctive raisin note; both are floral-fruity coffees that a V60 handles particularly well.

If you want something more structured and equally clean, FrontStreet Kenya Cherry Tomato is a washed Kenyan single origin from the Sika region, grown at 1550-1750 meters with the SL28 and SL34 varieties and given Kenya's 72-hour double washed fermentation, then lightly roasted: sun-dried tomato and floral notes in the dry aroma, a clear cherry tomato and dark plum acidity in the cup, and a clean finish of yellow sugar and light green tea. Like the Costa Rica BAH, it rewards a slow, attentive brew.