Costa Rica Volcan Azul
Notes: Chocolate, Hazelnut, Pear
Origin: West & Central Valley, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Producer: Alejo Castro
Farm: Volcan Azul
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1400-1700 MASL
Variety: Mixed - Volcancito Blend
Alejo Castro, a fifth-generation coffee producer, upholds his family's legacy of exceptional coffee with the Volcancito blend. Sourced from the his four different farms in Costa Rica's West and Central Valley region, this blend is crafted from each farm’s youngest coffee trees and showcases the meticulous care that goes into every stage of their production. The four farms include F.CJ. Volcan Azul, known for its limited selection of exclusive micro and nano batches featuring unique varieties like Caturra, Geisha, SL-28, Villasarchi, Sarchimor, and Mocca. Additionally, beans come from both Volcancito in Tarrazu and in the one in Central Valley. Finally, there is Hacienda Colima, which has been family-owned since the mid-1800s.
Volcancito is an estate blend from Alejo Castro’s three farms : Volcancito in Tarrazú, Hacienda Colima in Central Valley and Volcan Azul in West Valley. Central and West Valley regions in Costa Rica are renowned for their high- quality coffee production, due to their unique climates and soil conditions.
"I enjoy experimenting with processing and finding exotic and perfectly layered flavors in coffee, but I have learned over the years that the successful experiment is the one that you can repeat which means to understand each step and make it efficient. The rest is a matter of taste preferences. Indeed, there is nothing like a perfectly balanced, bright and sweet coffee that stands out for unique flavors brought by a complexity of the terroir and genetics of the variety with a bit of care and knowledge into the processing."
-Alejo Castro