Hatch Coffee - [Filter/Espresso] Costa Rica El Bebedero Catuai Semi Washed

Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica
Producer: Jose Solis
Varieties: Catuai
Process: Semi Washed
Elevation: 1800-2000 masl
Harvest: Spring 2023

From Selva Coffee:

“Jose Solis loves coffee and continuing the tradition of his family in producing it. He works closely with his father, who we affectionately call Pito. Jose’s father is a legit coffee farmer and is known to be very good grower in the area. Pito is very involved in making nurseries of baby coffee so that he can also help other farmers grow good and new varieties. They also plant new varieties in their farm to see if it will work and when they have real proof, then they work with other farmers to grow the new varieties. Their main farms are in El Vapor and Naranjo in the Los Santos Growing Region. Jose Solis is a teacher, but makes the time to take some of his father’s best fruit and process them to make micro lots. Over the years, Jose’s passion has become a true skill in selecting the best fruit, processing with intention, and creating some outstanding micro lots.

El Bebedero is a micro lot that Jose prepares from their farm in Naranjo which is south of Santa Maria. There is a great altitude and unique microclimate in this area due to it’s influence from the Pacific. The farms here are a bit more remote and mystical somehow. The fertile soil and often young farms produce outstanding coffee cherries. Jose and his father began processing coffees just for them to drink from this particular lot and therefore began calling it El Bebedero.”