VOLCAN AZUL RESERVE GESHA

This is a Gesha with deep fruit notes and velvety sweetness. For an anaerobic coffee, the acidity is beautifully pronounced, with bright character that displays the classic elegance of Gesha. The fruit-driven notes are clean and complex. Expect grape, watermelon, mango, and pomegranate, alongside the lingering sweetness of cacao.

The West Valley is the most prominent coffee growing region in Costa Rica. Most of its coffees are grown under protective shade, and produced on fertile clay. The mountainous landscape is dominated by three volcanoes and a gentle tectonic depression, while the Pacific weather patterns create well-defined dry and wet seasons.

Volcan Azul is located on the edges of the Poás Volcano. For 5 generations, the producers have continued making coffee with superior quality. The descendants of the founders families are acquiring natural tropical forest to help mitigate the effects of global warming.

The process for our lot started when cherries were still hanging on the branches of the coffee trees. By constantly measuring the Brix sugar content level, Alejo and his team identify the ideal harvest moment.

Once that moment is reached, picking happens and cherries are brought to the wet mill where unripe floaters are removed. In the fermentation tanks Brix, PH, and temperature are constantly measured to fully control the anaerobic fermentation process. For this Reserve lot, our coffee was fermented for 4 days in sealed tanks, at an average temperature of 16.7 degrees Celsius.