Pour-Over Washed Costa Rica Beethoven Coffee - How to Brew Musician Series Costa Rica Coffee

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Located in the Americas, Costa Rican coffee is extremely distinctive because they use honey processing. It features balanced sweet and sour notes, smooth and sweet flavors, clearly distinguishing it from washed and natural processed coffees! In Costa Rica, there is an estate that primarily grows something other than coffee but has become world-famous for its coffee, enjoying global recognition. Follow FrontStreet Coffee to learn more about the stories behind it.

Canet Musician Series

CANET

Located in the highest altitude area of Tarrazu coffee growing region in Costa Rica. This area is the most intensive fruit-growing region in Costa Rica. The estate owner primarily grows passion fruit, with coffee being quite rare. Only a specific area grows coffee, receiving special care and harvesting only mature red cherry fruits. The unique variety within the estate: Yellow Caturra.

Costa Rican coffee flavor belongs to the vibrant and captivating type, with rich floral and fruit acidic aromas. The wind chime-like clear, bright, and lingering acidity is particularly classic. Coffee is grown at high altitudes with higher sweetness, and due to lower nighttime temperatures, coffee cherries grow slowly, developing more concentrated flavors. Long daylight hours also create beautiful acidity. Besides the influence of regional microclimate, it's of course related to bean varieties and post-processing techniques. The Dota region possesses all the above conditions, characterized by its acidity and enchanting floral and fruit aromas.

The beans from Costa Rica's Musician Series have always been extremely popular, winning with their unique processing methods and flavor expressions. The taste and flavor characteristics they possess are highly recognizable in coffee, even compared to the trendy Geisha variety. The price of green beans has risen steadily, showing everyone's love for special flavors.

Basic Information about Beethoven

Region: Tarrazu region, Costa Rica

Estate: Canet Estate

Altitude: 1900m

Variety: Yellow Catuai

Processing: Washed processing

Yellow Catuai comes from a cross between Mundo Novo and Caturra, first cultivated by Brazil's "Instituto Agronômico de Campinas" in 1949. Yellow Catuai has delicate and clean acidity.

Unlike other coffees in the Musician Series, the Beethoven bean uses washed processing. After harvesting, it undergoes a screening process to first sort out underripe or overripe beans again. Then the pulp is removed, and the mucilage on the beans is removed using a centrifugal washing machine to avoid fermentation. After that, it's washed with clean water and finally placed on shaded raised beds to dry for 12-14 days, with constant turning to achieve even drying. Beans that have undergone washed processing have a cleaner and brighter taste.

Roasting Profile

Cupping Notes

Brewing Tutorial

Hand Brew Parameter Suggestions:

1. Use 25g water for a 30-second bloom, allowing the coffee bed to fully absorb water and release gases;

2. Second pour to 120g; use moderate height, small water flow, slow circular movement with gentle pouring technique, adopting an immersion method to let the coffee grounds release good substances, reducing disturbance to the coffee bed;

3. Third pour to 225g; when the water level drops by 1/3, perform the third pour to 225g. At this time, the water level drops slowly, indicating that fine particles have started to settle at the bottom of the filter cone. Slightly increase the water flow and circular speed to stir up the fine particles at the bottom, avoiding over-extraction and bitter flavors; total extraction time is 1 minute 56 seconds.

Flavor Description

The wet aroma has floral notes and the fragrance of ripe papaya. The entry shows berry acidity, followed by papaya sweetness in the mid-palate, with a juice-like mouthfeel. The aftertaste features persistent aromas of brown sugar and honeydew melon. Overall balance is high, with a sweet and colorful fruity tonality.

Important Notice :

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