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Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE
Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE
Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE
Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE
Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE
Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE

Costa Rica RFA-IP West Valley La Candelaria Estate - 29257 - SPOT RCWHSE

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Cup Notes
The Estate La Candelaria estate is large for Costa Rican standards.
Bag details
Bag Weight: 152 lbs
Position
Spot
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Grower La Candelaria Estate
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Variety Caturra, Catuaí, and Villa sarchi
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Region Candelaria, Palmares, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Harvest December - January
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Altitude 1200 - 1400 masl
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Soil Volcanic loam
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Process Caturra, catuaí, villa sarchi
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Certification Rainforest Alliance

The Estate La Candelaria estate is large for Costa Rican standards. The estate is located in the vicinity of Palmares, in the Alajuela province. Alajuela is part of Costa Rica’s well-known West Valley, one of the country’s most historic coffee regions.

Environmental Stewardship La Candelaria is 150 hectares of blended coffee production and natural forest preserve. Hans Aeberhard, the owner and manager since 1980, runs both a native wildlife protection program and a reforestation program on the estate, in addition to maintaining Rain Forest Alliance certification. In the greater community La Candelaria seeks to make an impact as well, by providing economic aid to the nearby rural school, which is used for nutrition and learning supplies.

Processing Detail

When it comes to coffee, Hans processes and mills on property where he can oversee a variety of techniques. (This is Costa Rica, after all, where it is not uncommon to see even small family plots exercising extreme levels of mastery over various degrees of honey and natural profiles made at home.) This washed lot is a standard depulped, fermented, washed, and screen-dried blend of cultivars from across La Candelaria.