VIVE LE VENT!
Farmers: Diego & Alberto Guardia & Jairo Arcila
Origins: Costa Rica & Colombia
Altitude: 1400-1800m
Process: Natural & anaerobic cinnamon bark co-ferment
Varietal: Catigua & Pink Bourbon
Varietal: MEDIUM
Notes: Iced cinnamon rolls, rum fruit cake, Joy to the world
Vive le Vent D'hiver!
It's that time of year again! The time to drink the very best coffees of the whole year! VLV is made up of coffees we've NEVER had on the menu! Catigua from Costa rica is a wonderful Brazilian varietal that turned out better than expected at Hacienda Sonora with bright notes of cranberry and orange leading you into beautiful buttery pastry & caramel flavours. This coffee is blended with one of the most amazing coffees we've had all year...the cinnamon co-ferment pink bourbon from Jairo Arcila! YES! Cinnamon co-ferment! Some of you know this coffee or have had something like it but, most of you probably haven't it's honestly THE thing we want to drink during the holidays and winter months. Look for this, the BEST holiday coffee you've ever had, hands down, well into the new year because, well, selfishly we just didn't want to run out!
Cuddle up with friends and family next to the fire, your tree, or your screen cuz you don't have a fireplace (housing prices STILL, am I right?!?!) xmas trees are like a bagillion dollars now...& enjoy the coffee! & one another if you like the people you're with ; )
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y'ALL! WE LOVE YOU LOTS!
ABOUT SONORA
A very small bag from some coffee subscription service landed at the roastery a long while ago. It was a coffee from Sonora. One of the best coffees we've had from the country to date. It took a while to line all the ducks up, as they say, but after some insightful conversations with Diego Guardia, son, co-founder, & heir to Hacienda Sonora, we are happy to continue to share the amazing offers we have chosen together from Costa Ric.
Traffic & Sonora have been planning a bright future between ourselves & we can guarantee that next year, we will be sharing many more efforts like this from Sonora & continuing to showcase the outstanding work Alberto & Diego, along with their amazing team at the farms, are doing in the breathtaking country of Costa Rica.
About The Farm
Hacienda Sonora has always lead in innovation through its various processing methods and plant varietals. The farm has more than 20 varietals in production, the “Villalobos” being one of them, & an indigenous varietal to Costa Rica.
Hacienda Sonora Estate has been in Alberto’s family for more than a Century. In the 1970’s when Alberto took over the farm he began planting the majority of the land with coffee and shortly after it became the main source of income. In 1999 with historical low coffee prices Alberto invested in a Mill to be able to maximize his quality, in order to do so he became a pioneer in very alternative processing techniques such as Honey and Naturals. Also became a living proof of how different varietals could create different level of complexity in the cup. In 2011, Alberto’s son Diego Joined the operation as co-manager. Nowadays, Sonora has more than 20 different varietals of plants in 80 hectares of coffee (+ 20 hectares of forest reserve) and is known to be a welcoming place for coffee lovers.