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Farmers: Diego & Alberto Guardia

Origin: Carillos alto de poàs

Altitude: ~1206m

Process: Natural

Varietal: Victoria 14

Roast level: LIGHT

Notes: Crêpes suzette, rhubarb, white peony

We always get a handful of these delicate, delicious coffees from Diego & his pops at Hacienda sonora, at the foot of the Poas volcano in Costa Rica. This was one of them we had to grab, not just because we liked it, but because of the distingushed varietal.

This coffee is a varietal called Victoria14 which I suspect is a hybrid of what was Anacafe14, a Guatemalan hybrid based off of Catimor. Caramel body opens up into a wonderful soft spiced orange & rhubarb finish. A great coffee for the cooler weather!

Please enjoy in front of your electronic newspaper or if you're a boomer or an "old soul" a real one...because we're all still human, even though they're trying to turn us into other things *_*

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 Rica.

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.