Costa Rica | Ivan Gutierrez Holiday Box Set

Celebrate the season with our exclusive Holiday Box-Set, featuring two 250g boxes from COE winner Ivan Gutierrez. Perfect for gifting or treating yourself, this set brings together two exceptional varieties from the same farm.

✨ Gesha – Delicate and balanced, with tasting notes of juicy melon, crisp green apple, and fragrant white tea. A elegant choice for the holidays.
✨ SL-28 – Vibrant notes of black currants, warm baking spices, and refreshing citrus. A festive, full-bodied coffee that captures the spirit of the season.

Ivan’s farm, La Esmeralda, spans 14 hectares and is located at 2000 MASL in Quebrada Grande. This release is a special separation of Gesha and SL-28 harvested in May 2024.

Although Ivan’s farm has only been producing cherries for a few seasons, he’s no stranger to coffee. After many years running the Montañas del Diamante Mill with his siblings, Ivan decided in 2016 to sell his portion of the business and focus on producing high-quality coffee on a smaller scale. He purchased land in an up-and-coming region, now known for some of Costa Rica’s finest coffees, and began planting varieties like Gesha and SL-28. By 2021, Ivan had built his own wet mill and drying area, and that year, his coffee took first place in Costa Rica’s Cup of Excellence, marking an impressive start to his new venture.

Cherries are picked at peak ripeness, floated and depulped. The seeds are then left to dry ferment in tanks for 24 hours. The seeds are washed and rinsed of all the mucilage and moved to raised drying beds where they dry for around 10 days. 

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