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FrontStreet Coffee - High-Quality Coffee Bean Recommendations: Costa Rica Musician Series Introduction

FrontStreet Coffee offers coffee beans from the Costa Rica Musician Series, which belong to the same premium Tarrazu growing region in Costa Rica. FrontStreet Coffee recommends this coffee because the different processing methods in the Musician Series are designed to create flavor variations, allowing everyone to experience the different distinctions between various processing methods of the same bean variety from the same growing region. The Musician Series represents a successful experiment, and we are willing to seek out and try more coffees with flavor variations.

Growing Region Introduction

Costa Rica is located in the Central American isthmus, influenced by Pacific and Atlantic ocean currents and sea winds that regulate the climate. The country features numerous towering volcanoes reaching altitudes of 2,000 meters. Coffee cherries grow slowly in the fertile volcanic ash soil and high-altitude cool environment, nurturing coffee beans with complete and rich flavors.

Costa Rica has two seasons: the dry season from December to April, which is when coffee is harvested, and the wet (rainy) season from May to November. In recent years, many micro-mills have been established. Since they require only 5% of the water consumption of traditional washed processing plants and don't need large water tanks and drying fields, the required investment is relatively much smaller. "Honey processed coffee" with low acidity, improved complexity, and rich sweet aroma has thus become a competitive target in the coffee industry in recent years.

As early as two hundred years ago, Costa Rica began planting coffee, initially cultivated on the slopes of Poas and Barva volcanoes, which is what we now call the Central Valley. Currently, Costa Rica has eight main growing regions: West Valley, Central Valley, Tarrazu, Tres Rios, Orosi, Brunca, Turrialba, and Guanacaste. Tarrazu is one of the main coffee-producing areas here.

Canet Estate

Canet Estate is located in the highest altitude area of the Tarrazu region and is the most intensive fruit-growing area in Costa Rica. Canet Estate primarily grows passion fruit, with coffee production being quite scarce. Coffee is only planted in one specific area and receives special care. All coffee cherries are hand-picked, harvesting only mature red cherries. However, after harvesting and before processing, there is an additional screening step to sort out underripe or overripe beans once more.

The processing method is honey processing, which can be considered a double-fermentation honey processing method. The harvested coffee cherries are poured into large water tanks, where floating beans must be removed. The selected coffee fruits are placed on raised beds to dry until they reach a raisin-like state, then the pulp and skin are removed while preserving the mucilage before further drying. This results in more intense fermentation flavors and richer, fuller flavor layers.

Knowledge Extension: Honey Processing

Honey processing preserves more mucilage than other honey processing methods. During the drying process, coffee cherries must be constantly turned to ensure even drying. Slow drying is essential to ensure the coffee develops fermentation characteristics, but it cannot be too slow to avoid over-fermentation.

In Summary

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