Costa Rican coffee is renowned for incredibly unique microlots, and especially honey processed coffee beans that provide sweet and fruity tasting notes. This lot, Los Encinos, roasted by Round Hill Roastery, comes from Cafe Ceres in the mountains of Tarrazú, and provides stand out strawberry flavour, with aromatic Parma Violets on the nose and a slightly creamy body.

Cafe Ceres micro mill is a relatively recent endeavour founded by mother-daughter duo Stephenny and Alexandra in 2019. All farming, milling and processing is done on site, meaning there’s a high level of control at every level, and issues like water usage and wastage can be managed at producer level.

For this red honey processed coffee, the coffee cherries are sorted, fermented for 72 hours with the pulp on, then pulped and fermented for an extra 48 hours before drying.