{"product_id":"costa-rica-aquiares-estate","title":"Costa Rica - Aquiares Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlavour Profile - Brown Sugar \/ Citrus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion: Turrialba, Cartago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProcess: Red Honey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProducer: Diego Robelo, Aquiares Estate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur first ever Costa Rican coffee! I’m really happy with how this one is tasting. It’s clean and sweet, with a lovely brown sugar note and a bright citrus finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAquiares was founded in 1890 on the slopes of the Turrialba Volcano. The name means “land between rivers”, and that’s exactly where you’ll find it, between the Aquiares and Turrialba rivers. Coffee grows here in volcanic soils between 820 and 1,400 metres, under shade trees that help protect the soil and give birds a place to live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of my favourite parts of the Aquiares story is what Diego’s father, Alfonso Robelo, did when he took over the running of the estate. The farm owned the houses its workers lived in, so Alfonso set up a way for families to own their homes. Over time, what began as housing for farm workers grew into a town where people own homes and run businesses of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiego Robelo and his team grow, process and mill their coffee on the estate. They also set aside plots to trial different coffee varieties and see which ones grow well in Turrialba’s conditions. Aquiares built its reputation on washed coffees, and this lot shows another side of what the team does.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what is Red Honey? A natural coffee dries inside the whole cherry, while a washed coffee has the fruit and the sticky layer underneath removed before drying. With honey processing, the skin comes off and some of that sticky layer, called mucilage, stays on. At Aquiares, the team handpicks the cherries for this lot and dries the beans in partial shade for 7 to 15 days. How much mucilage stays on and how the beans are dried help distinguish red honey from other honey processes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Behind the Label Coffee","offers":[{"title":"250g \/ Wholebean","offer_id":55892460765513,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Espresso","offer_id":55892460798281,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ V60","offer_id":55892460831049,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ French Press \/ Cafetiere","offer_id":55892460863817,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ Moka Pot","offer_id":55892460896585,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1KG \/ Wholebean","offer_id":55892460929353,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1KG \/ Espresso","offer_id":55892460962121,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1KG \/ V60","offer_id":55892460994889,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1KG \/ French Press \/ Cafetiere","offer_id":55892461027657,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1KG \/ Moka Pot","offer_id":55892461060425,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/4799\/2649\/files\/Aquiares_Estate.png?v=1794135636","url":"https:\/\/www.behindthelabelcoffee.ie\/products\/costa-rica-aquiares-estate","provider":"Behind the Label Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}