It doesn’t take much to sell us on a Costa Rican coffee, but this one from Parallel Coffee is a definite crowd pleaser, with a clean palate of almond and citrus and a satisfyingly caramel body.

These coffee beans come from smallholder micromills in the Tarrazú region of Costa Rica. This highly productive region is dotted with farms that work together to pick and sort their coffee during the harvest season. This washed coffee is produced and processed  in separate lots at each mill before being combined at a central dry mill to create the ideal sweet and mild flavour profile.

Mixing these coffees into community lots like this one means that importers are able to buy higher volumes from producers, creating a more consistent final product that they can return to year on year and building strong relationships along the way.