Costa Rica Caturra Specialty Coffee

Volcan Azul – Caturra Natural
Producer: Alejo Castro
Region: West Valley, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Farm: Volcan Azul
Varietal: Caturra
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1500–1700 masl
Drying Method: 6 days patio + 38 hours mechanical
Flavor Notes: Sweet vanilla aromatics with juicy red grape fruitiness and rich malted chocolate depth, carried by a silky, coating body and a lingering dessert-like finish. Round, gentle acidity with a comforting, well-structured cup profile.

Product Description:
Volcan Azul sits in Costa Rica’s West Valley, and Alejo Castro is the fifth generation to run it. Caturra has been a cornerstone there for more than fifty years, long enough that the farm knows exactly what the variety does on its soil.

This natural-process lot is layered and sweet: Rainier cherry, apricot and strawberry jam up front, hazelnut cream and malted chocolate behind them. It was patio-dried for six days and then finished in a mechanical dryer, which holds the complexity while getting the moisture stable.

Alejo farms for soil health and keeps working on new processing methods, which is unusual for a variety this well established in Central America.