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Las Lajas Black Honey MilenioMilenio, a Sudan Rume hybrid varietal, from one of our favourites and third generation producer, Oscar Chacn of Las Lajas. Cherries for this lot are grown at 1500 1700masl in the fertile volcanic soils of Sabanilla de Alajuela and hand harvested daily to ensure 100% ripeness. Theyre then depulped and left with 100% of the mucilage, anaerobically fermented for 84hrs in tanks, dried on raised beds for 15 20 days with 3 4 turns day. Once dry, beans are

their unique Dry Fermentation

then transferred to African beds for drying

the coffee is dried to 10% moisture in parabolic dryers

with an intense rainy season and a light ‘chipi chipi’ rainy season

the team at El Paraíso has developed a processing method specifically designed to intensify that flavour profile

Drying is paused 16 hours in and the temperature is raised to 37ºC until 20% humidity is reached

the cherries are dried

where it is sorted

Half of the farm is dedicated to the cultivation of yellow catuai and arara varietals which are farmed agroecologically and organically

The coffee is grown in rich red volcanic soils in the cool Nyeri climate

cleaning and sorting onto raised beds

cherries were depulped