Monday, July 8, 2013

Costa Rica Tarrazu Rio Jorco - Beansmith Coffee

Photo courtesy Beansmith Coffee.

This coffee scored a 91 from Coffee Review!

We could say a lot of flowery things about this lovely little bean, but we will keep it short and sweet. Drink this coffee. It is delicious. 

Coffee/Farm Info: 
The Costa Rica we are carrying this spring (2013) is sourced directly from micro-mills by our friends at Café Imports, and producers were paid at the Farm Gate level. They managed local transportation, dry-milling, consolidation, and exportation of the coffees. This experience is extremely valuable as it gives a better understanding of what it takes to get coffee from cherry to export quality.

Rio Jorco’s owners are third generation in the business. They are extremely focused on quality and conservation of nature. Los Lobos won Cup of Excellence #3 in 2012 and the owners have dedicated 3/4 of the land to a private reserve. Rio Jorco is equipped with a complete wet-mill and dry-mill which allows them to control quality throughout the process. They process coffee from their farm, Los Lobos, but also purchase cherry from producers from the area. Producers are compensated based on cup quality and get recognition for selling a microlot. 


Rio Jorco’s operations area is in the municipalities of: Aserri, Acosta, Leon Cortez, Frailes, Desamparados, and Corralillo. These micro-regions of Tarrazu have won multiple Cup of Excellence awards year after year. Cafe Imports is excited to bring you, once again, high-quality and traceable microlots from Costa Rica.

Click here to purchase this coffee.

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