Costa Rica Don Eli Durazno Reposado

Country: Costa Rica
Region: Los Santos, Tarrazu
Varietal: Catuai, Caturra
Process: Natural
Altitude: 1,800 M
Cupping Notes: Black Cherry Pear Cider, Fudge

Description:Don Eli Micro Mill is located between the towns of San Marcos and Santa Maria de Dota in the Tarrazu canton of Costa Rica. Carlos, the owner of Don Eli, was motivated to take on this gargantuan task because of the family’s history working in coffee production and his own convictions and desire to put family’s name on the final product. This family has been farming coffee for four generations; the legacy begins with Rafael Montero and Emilia Picado. Their son Eli Montero would work throughout his life in coffee, as would his son, Carlos Montero. Today, two of Carlos’ children, Jacob and Marianela, are involved in coffee both on and off the farm. Our history with the Montero Family extends for nearly 10 years, during which we have visited and been visited by Carlos a number of times. This year was a rekindling of sorts as we hadn’t purchased coffee from this farm in recent years, but are so happy to have their coffee offered to us again, and for it to be such a fun, expressive lot. 

The coffee cherries are received and processed the following day, beginning with washing and removing any floaters. After this initial step, the coffee is fermented for 48 hours in fermentation tanks. Once fermentation is complete, the beans are transferred to African drying beds where they are dried for 22 days. After the coffee rested for two months it was dry milling and sorted by weight, density, size, and color.