EIC Espresso

Very stoked to share this yellow honey processed SL-28 grown at Finca La Alquimia in Costa Rica and roasted by @perccoffee in Savannah! Lots to unpack with this coffee! If SL-28 sounds familiar that is because this cultivar was isolated by the British lab, Scott Laboratories, in the 1930’s and for decades this bourbon offspring was grown mainly in Kenya, but exclusively in Africa. However recently many forward thinking Latin American growers have begun experimenting with this exceptional plant which thrives in higher altitudes and delivers world renowned coffees. The two sisters in charge at Finca La Alquimia (~Alchemy Farms) grow their SL-28 trees at two locations (both less than an hour from the San Jose airport and about two hours from the UGA campus in Monteverde) and process them at their own versatile Cerro San Luis mill. This yellow honey-processed bean sees 50-75% of the fruit removed. It is then turned hourly on exposed raised beds to achieve a uniform fermentation until it reaches a low enough moisture level to be transferred to a greenhouse where it completes drying.

Scope Finca La Aquimia’s picturesque Naranjo farm in the second pic.

Such a quality coffee has a lot to offer and I can’t wait for y’all to try it! See y’all Friday!