2025 October Box

October Roastery Select

With the cooler weather coming in, we have a coffee with a bit more warmth to keep you cozy in the brisk mornings. We have a catuai red honey from Costa Rica that has an apples and nuts profile with a lovely brown sugar sweetness to suit the Fall season. To pair with and offer a brigher contrast we have a continuation of Elto Coffee, this time as a washed offering!

Vara Blanca Red Honey

From Selva Coffee:

"Under the leadership of father, Ernesto José Valverde Solís, this family business, Vara Blanca handles every step of production, from planting and harvesting to processing in their own micro-mill.Their processing techniques include washed, honey, and natural methods, with infrastructure improvements like raised drying beds and a solar dryer, and careful cherry selection—sometimes requiring up to five pickings during a harvest to ensure only perfectly ripe cherries. Coffees from Vara Blanca are noted for their vibrant and nuanced flavor profiles: sweetness, bright acidity, fruit notes, and often creamy or nutty undertones—attributes accentuated by altitude, varietal choice (such as Catuai, Caturra, Milenio), and meticulous post-harvest care."

“After the Marin Family ensures excellent picking in the fields, the fresh coffee fruit gets taken half way down the mountain to be pulped. They chose not to remove all of the mucilage in the mechanical washer and leave about half of it remaining on the parchment. From there, the mucilage covered parchment is take all the way down the mountain to their home on the valley floor. They have raised drying beds on the side of their house and they put the parchment out in medium layers. They will move the coffee around 4 times per day for the first 3 days. Finally, the parchment gets extended into thin layers and moved 8 times per day for another 12 days.”

300g

Sourced by Selva Coffee

Origin:

Los Santos, Costa Rica
Producer: Ernesto José Valverde Solís
Variety: Catuai
Process: Red Honey
Elevation: 1900 masl
Harvest: 2025

Recommended Brew:

Filter, Modern Espresso

Reminds us of:

Apple, Hazelnut, Dulce De Leche

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We recommend Recipe A in our brew guide

Elto Coffee Washed

From Crop to Cup:

"Eliyas Dukamo and Atiklit Dejene ("Mimi"), the founders of Elto Coffee, are rockstars of Ethiopian specialty coffee—Eliyas coming from the storied Dukamo family that founded Daye Bensa, while Mimi cut her teeth doing QC for Gesha Village. Their own venture, Elto, operates two drying stations—one in Bona, one in Arbegona—focused on the production of high-quality and competition-grade microlots using industry best practices. The word "Elto" has a dual meaning in Sidama—meaning both "abundance" and "more than passion," summarizing the couple's intention for their enterprise."

300g

Sourced by Crop to Cup