Costa Rica | Luis E. Campos

COSTA RICA – Luis E. Campos

We picked this coffee as a stand-out example of something unique. You won’t find a coffee like this often.

Luis Eduardo Campos planted his coffee farm (Cordillera de Fuego) in Piedades del Sur, Alajuela. Pursuing new and innovative ways to improve his coffee production, he had the idea of an anaerobic ferment with the objective of extracting the naturally occurring flavours of the coffee through a controlled fermentation process.

The unique flavours and tasting notes of the anaerobic microlots come from their special processing method. It starts with hand-picking mature coffee cherries when they are at their ripest which allows them to have a high sugar content and thus feed the anaerobic process.

His farm has implemented several projects to reduce its water usage and increase its efficiency. The biggest project was the installation of solar panels, which supply 100% of the energy of the main office and 50% of the energy of the mill.

In the cup, expect an intriguing flavour of spice with warming chocolate pudding that tastes as if it has been wrapped in layers of cinnamon.