Honey Cake - Rivense Finca La Naciente, Costa Rica

Lunaria Coffee Subscription #3:

• Honey Cake is the third coffee option in Lunaria's monthly coffee subscription lineup
• We add new origins to the subscription line-up periodically and you'll receive a monthly email form to choose between 2 featured origins every month, regardless of which coffee you initially choose
  
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Details:

• Origin: Chirripó, Costa Rica
• Process: Honey Process
• Varietal: Catuai
• Producer: Finca La Naciente (Single estate)
• Elevation: 1,700-1,800 MASL
• Roast: Medium
• Tasting notes: Honey, cinnamon, orange marmalade, white nectarines
  

Why we chose this coffee:

This lot is a honey-processed lot from Finca La Naciente, one of Rivense's several high-elevation growing areas, sitting at 1,700 meters above sea level and consisting of 100% Catuai selections.

Café Rivense is a farm and micromill founded by Régulo Ureña and Isabel Rojas in 2005 in the Brunca area of Costa Rica, within in a micro-region called Chirripó. Today, Rivense remains a family enterprise run with the participation of their children Ricardo, Mario, Esteban, Luis, and Tatiana. The Rivense operation consists of several lush, garden-like growing areas with distinct names, which deliver cherry to fully integrated wet and dry-milling facilities all within the farm itself, meaning that their coffee is fully prepared for export when it leaves the farm, ensuring both quality and tracability of its products.

Rivense's coffees have been recognized for quality numerous times, with one lot notably placing 5th in Costa Rica's Cup of Excellence competition in 2019. The farm is managed sustainably, with a focus on reducing their carbon footprint: proper shade management provides organic material for healthy soil, fertilizer and treatments are applied only when necessary, and all water sources are protected. The Chirripó micro-region itself, located alongside the highest peak in Costa Rica, is a unique micro-climate with flourishing biodiversity, ideally suited to production and processing of speciality coffee. The Ureña family's focus on honey and natural-processed coffees to minimize water usage bolsters this dual mission of sustainability alongside cup quality.

Size guidelines:

• 10 oz = 15 cups
• 16 oz / 1 lb  = 23 cups
• 32 oz / 2 lbs = 46 cups
• Grind size: Select 'Whole bean' if you prefer to grind your coffee at home, or select 'Espresso grind' or 'Filter grind' if you want us to pre-grind your coffee for you

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