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Geisha Golden Honey Process — Costa Rica Tarrazu Ortiz Estate

Costa Rica Dota Tarrazu Granitos de Ortiz Omar Calderon Golden Honey Geisha 2000

Flavor Description:

The dry aroma offers a delicate spring-tea fragrance mingled with hints of orange peel and chocolate.

In the cup: floral tea, rosehip and green grape.

As the temperature shifts, a juicy sweetness of lemon and peach gradually emerges.

The finish brings orange chocolate and bergamot.

Costa Rica's Coffee-Growing Regions

Costa Rica's seven main coffee regions are strung from northwest to southeast along the inland central highlands.

The country's volcanic terrain provides fertile volcanic ash, mild and suitable temperatures, and steady, plentiful rainfall — all factors that have made coffee one of Costa Rica's main agricultural products.

Since Costa Rica's coffee industry began developing in the mid-18th century, it was the first country in Central America to take up coffee cultivation. With such a long history behind it, the country has built a complete system from production through to sales.

In both quality and quantity, Costa Rican coffee has consistently earned worldwide recognition and is regarded as world-class, high-quality coffee.

The Honey Process

The honey process, also known as Honey Process or Miel Process, produces what is called honey coffee. Coffee farms in Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala use this method. Honey processing means drying the beans under the sun with their mucilage still intact.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Honey processing is all about sweetness, and FrontStreet's Strawberry Candy is a deliciously direct expression of it. The blend pairs a honey-processed Costa Rican coffee with a washed Panamanian Geisha, so the cup holds both orange-blossom honey depth and a rounded fruit sweetness. Roasted medium, it keeps that balance while working across brewing methods — pour-over, cold brew, moka pot and espresso machine all suit it equally well.

If you would rather explore honey processing on its own, FrontStreet's Costa Rica Blackberry SOE is a honey-processed single origin from Costa Rica. Ripe cherries are picked, sorted, washed and stripped of their skin, then dried so the mucilage stays on the bean — shortening drying and letting the bean absorb the fruit's blackberry aroma and clean sweetness. Roasted medium, it is bright and refreshing as an Americano and shows cranberry cookie, raisin and nut when paired with milk.