SCORCHED QUADRANT, Costa Rica
Baked Apple, Orange Blossom, Malt
| Producer | Roger Urena Hidalgo |
| Farm | Santa Teresa 2000 |
| Region | Santa Maria de Dota, Tarrazu, Costa Rica |
| Varietal | Red Bourbon |
| Processing | Natural |
| Altitude | 1,800 MASL |
Scorched Quadrant is produced by Roger Urena Hidalgo at Santa Teresa 2000, in Santa Maria de Dota in Costa Rica's Tarrazu region. Red Bourbon is dried as a natural at 1,800 MASL, giving baked apple, orange blossom and malt.
Bourbon is one of the two archetypal Arabica varieties, descended from Yemeni stock via Reunion. It is loved for rounded sweetness and complexity, at the cost of lower yield.
In the natural process, whole cherry is dried intact so the bean steeps in its own fruit. Done with discipline it builds heavy sweetness, body and pronounced berry character, with no shortcuts at the drying stage.
Costa Rica's micro-mill revolution put processing control in producers' hands, and its high volcanic valleys yield clean, sweet, well-defined coffees.
