COSTA RICA | HACIENDA LA PRADERA red honey

cupping notes: sweet, effervescent fruit, nougat, good body, balanced light/medium roast Hacienda La Pradera is a 181 hectare coffee farm in the heart of the Los Santos region at 1,550 meters above sea level. The bulk of our harvest is from the caturra variety which is well suited to the soil and climate of the area. La Pradera is Rainforest Alliance certified Since 2012 the producers have also been planting and nurturing multiple other coffee varieties at La Pradera, studying the health and yields of each variety to determine the best commercialization of the area. Here they harvest, depulp, and process each variety separately, and cup each lot individually to determine ultimate quality and inform our direction for the future. Also, experimenting with processing by variety to taste the impact of each different method and level of mucilage removal and observe which processes perform better for each variety.