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La Isla Catigua

La Isla Catigua

Tasting Notes: Prune | Dates | Hazelnut Roast: Light ⓘ

Origin: Costa Rica

Producer: Luis Padilla

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Brew Recipe

This coffee works well for all brew methods. 

Filter: Dose 15g-16g, water 250g. 
Espresso: Dose 18 gram to 40-42 gram yield over about 30 seconds. 

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  • About La Isla Catigua | Costa Rica

    This is a fantastic yellow honey-processed coffee from La Isla farm in the West Valley, Costa Rica. Over the past few years, they have won several cup of excellence awards.

    La Isla is owned by Luis Padilla, who bought the farm in 2017. He was inspired by his grandfather, who owned a coffee farm for many years in the Naranjo region. The farm covers 10.5 hectares and is located at 1500 masl growing a range of varietals including Villa Sarchi, Geisha, SL-28 and Catigua.

    This coffee has been harvested from Catigua varietal trees. This is a varietal created in Brazil and is a hybrid of Catuai and Timor. It was developed to combine resistance to coffee leaf rust with high cup quality.

    After harvest the coffee was pulped using a Pengaos eco-pulper to remove the outer layer of fruit and dried on raised tables.

    Tasting notes include prune, dates and hazelnut.

  • Coffee Info

    Tasting Notes: Prune | Dates | Hazelnut
    Processing Method: Yellow Honey
    Varietal: Catigua
    Importer: Horsham Coffee Roaster / IAC

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The Producer

La Isla

La Isla is owned by Luis Padilla, who bought the farm in 2017. They focus on producing high cup score honey processed microlots from several different varietals. They have won a range of Cup of Excellence awards over the last few years.

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Coffee Origin

Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Costa Rican farmers are known for their tendency to experiment with various post harvest processing method and for planting rare and interesting coffees, such as SL-28 and Geisha. We've been buying our Costa Rican coffees direct from the same producers for several years with the help of Selva coffee.

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Processing Method

Yellow Honey

The yellow honey process leaves approximately 50–75% of the mucilage on the bean. It is dried either in shade or direct sunlight and creates a coffee with medium body and the potential for some additional fruit character.

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