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Costa Rica Monte Brisas Danto Washed Process (Coming Nov 10th!)

$17.00

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(10.58oz / 300g)

Washed Process | 1500–1750 MASL

Balanced • Sweet • Approachable

Grown on the lush, mountainous slopes of Zarcero in Costa Rica’s famed West Valley, Monte Brisas delivers a beautifully clean and approachable coffee.

Carefully washed and sun-dried, this coffee showcases the clarity and balance that define the West Valley’s high-elevation terroir.

Wonderfully versatile, exceptional as espresso, yet equally rewarding through any brew method — a dependable favorite for any time of day thats both familiar and refined.

We tasted notes of: Simple Syrup, Black Tea, Cocoa

See below for additional origin info.

(10.58oz / 300g)

Washed Process | 1500–1750 MASL

Balanced • Sweet • Approachable

Grown on the lush, mountainous slopes of Zarcero in Costa Rica’s famed West Valley, Monte Brisas delivers a beautifully clean and approachable coffee.

Carefully washed and sun-dried, this coffee showcases the clarity and balance that define the West Valley’s high-elevation terroir.

Wonderfully versatile, exceptional as espresso, yet equally rewarding through any brew method — a dependable favorite for any time of day thats both familiar and refined.

We tasted notes of: Simple Syrup, Black Tea, Cocoa

See below for additional origin info.

Region: Zarcero, West Valley, Costa Rica
Maria Elena Castro and son Luis Salazar opened their micro mill, Beneficio Monte Brisas in 2011. Their farms sit between 1500 and 1750 meters above sea level on the lush mountainous slopes of Zarcero in Costa Rica's famed West Valley growing region.
This lot comes from a part of the farm called "Danto", where they are growing Centroamericano variety, an F1 hybrid known for disease resistance and high cup potential.
At the Monte Brisas mill their coffee is mechanically washed on a Desacafe machine and sun dried on raised beds adjacent to the wet mill. Leaving that fruit mucilage intact instead of washing it away is the hallmark of honey process coffee. This lot, however, is what some call "semi-washed", or "white honey", the Costa Rican equivalent of a fully washed coffee. The demucilager machine is calibrated to remove as much fruit as possible. Then the coffee is soaked for a short period to help wash away some of the remaining fruit. Without fermentation, there is still a very thin layer of fruit intact resulting in a darker color, and a higher instance of chaff than the typical fully washed/fermented coffee.
Washed Process (Wet)
Modern Hybrid Cultivars