Costa Rica Aquiares Estate Lemongrass

Description

Region: Turrialba, Aquiares
Varietal: Centroamericano
Process: Co-Fermented Lemongrass

This lot is 100% ‘Centroamericano’ variety – a hybrid of Rume Sudan and Sarchimor, developed by a variety of different Central American coffee research institutes, that marries high cup quality with high resistance to disease.

This special lot has a unique fermentation process, utilizing a special co-fermentation with lemongrass. Hydrosol maintains the organoleptic properties of the plant, which is used for co-fermentation during coffee processing. The hydrosol is turned into the coffee-fermentation inoculate. After the cherries are brought to the mill and sorted, they are pulped and placed into fermentation tanks where the lemongrass hydrosol is introduced. The tank is then sealed, with the pH and temperature regularly monitored, until the tank is opened 1-2 days later. The coffee is then drained, washed, and sent to the solar dryers to dry slowly for 16 days.