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Costa Rica Aquiares Natural

Costa Rica Aquiares Natural

Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters

About This Coffee

This is a natural processed coffee from Costa Rica, grown on the slopes of the Turrialba volcano. The coffee comes from the Aquiares farm, which holds the distinction of being the first coffee farm ever to become carbon neutral certified. It is made from the Centroamericano hybrid variety. The coffee is described as beautifully creamy.

Origin

Aquiares Estate (Costa Rica)

Flavor Notes

Roast Level

Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica
F1 Centroamericano
GL

Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters

Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters was founded in 2011 by Fiona Grant in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. It began with a 5kg roaster in a bothy next to her house at the top of Glen Lyon, selling at local farmers' markets. In 2014 the operation moved to Aberfeldy, where the team now roasts on both a 12kg and a 25kg Probat. The roastery is B Corp certified, works only with coffees scoring 85 or above on the SCA scale, and maintains direct trade relationships in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. In 2022 they became the first specialty coffee company in Scotland to receive beans shipped by sailboat from Colombia. Solar panels power part of the facility, retail packaging is compostable, and the team plants native trees annually in the Scottish Highlands. They supply over 150 cafés, restaurants, and delis across the UK.

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