Omni/Espresso - La Lia White Honey Catuai

by Koppi

Flavour: Nougat, Apples, Vanilla  Producer: Luis and Oscar Monge Origin: Santa Rosa de Leon Cortez, Tarrazu – Costa Rica Altitude: 1.700 masl Process: White Honey Process Cultivar: Red Catuai La Lia is a farm and micro mill in the heart of Tarrazu owned by the brothers Luis and Oscar Monge. The farm has been in the family for almost 70 years but it was in 2008 that the brothers took over the production and started their own micro mill named after their mother Lia. The farm is divided in 7 plots of land with the highest parts reaching up to 2100 meters above sea level where the coffee cherries ripen very slowly resulting in high sugar concentration. They grow mainly Red Catuai on the highest altitudes and Caturra slightly lower. They also have extended their range of varieties to Bourbon, Pacamara, Tipica, Yellow Tipica, SL28, Kenia and Geisha to name a few. The annual production of the 60 hectare farm land is around 1500 bags of green coffee. All coffees are separated by farm, cultivar