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Costa Rica Aquiares Washed bag
Skylark Coffee · Brighton · United Kingdom

Costa Rica Aquiares Washed

Tasting notes: chocolate, hazelnut, ripe plum

Costa Rican coffee (and Central American coffees in general) often represent a lot of the things we dislike about the coffee supply chain. Way too many farms in Central America are owned by wealthy Westerners who have access to capital and marketing that allows them to sell their…

Process
Washed
Origin
Costa Rica
Altitude
800–1400 m
Species
Arabica
Variety
Caturra, Obata
Price
£10 (≈ ₹1,180) / 250 g
Per 100 g
£3.60 (≈ ₹425)
Roasted in
Brighton, United Kingdom
Format
Beans or ground
Stock
In stock

How to brew it: V60

1Zpresso K-Ultra 0.8.1 · 15 g coffee · 250 ml water · 92 °C · 2:30–3:30

  1. Rinse the filter; discard the water. Add 15 g coffee, tare, start a timer.
  2. 0:00 — bloom with 45 g water. Swirl.
  3. 0:40 — pour in slow circles to 150 g.
  4. 1:15 — pour to 250 g. Swirl once to flatten the bed.
  5. Drawdown should finish by 2:30–3:30. Sour: finer. Bitter: coarser.

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