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About Brumas del Zurqui Micromill
Beneficio Brumas del Zurqui is a family micromill in Heredia, in Costa Rica's Central Valley, run by fourth-generation producer Juan Ramon Alvarado Rodriguez. Since 2003 the family has innovated processing methods, built out a cupping laboratory and roastery to hold quality, and processed cherry from their own and neighbouring farms including this Caturra lot from Don Jose. Juan encourages the roasters who buy his coffee to "roast with intention and wake up feeling motivated, cheerful, and with a desire to live."
Central Valley
The heart of Costa Rica's coffee industry, with high elevation, volcanic soil and sharply defined wet and dry seasons - conditions that produce some of the country's best natural-processed coffees.
About the Caturra Variety
Caturra is a naturally occurring dwarf mutation of Bourbon, discovered in Minas Gerais, Brazil between 1915 and 1918 and selected for cultivation in 1937. Its compact size allowed far denser planting than the tall Bourbon it descends from, and it went on to become one of the foundation varieties of Latin American specialty coffee.
It keeps much of Bourbon's celebrated cup quality - clean, sweet, bright - while yielding more reliably. At 1,400-1,800 metres in the Central Valley, and given Brumas del Zurqui's meticulous natural processing, it turns exuberant: brown sugar, jammy passion fruit and dark chocolate over a tangy, syrupy cup.