Coffee

#4 Costa Rica

#4 Costa Rica, red honey San Isidro

Natural Reserve Volcan Azul
Red honey, San Isidro 

Smooth viscosity of milk chocolate, caramel, vanilla, rosehip and apple. 

95 kr

The arabica variety San Isidro is know for its smooth viscosity. Mild and rounded mouthfeel and low on acidity. Its ideal for both espresso and drip coffee. 

San Isidro is a hybrid of Villa Sarchi and Timor named after the nearby town San Isidro. 

It was developed by two agronomists, Carlos Mario Rodriguez and Orlando Mora, testing the Sarchimor varietal, which is a hybrid of Villa Sarchí and Timor.


Variety 100 % Arabica hybrid of Villa Sarchi and Timor
Processing Red Honey processed
Land/Region Costa Rica/West Valley
Farmer Alejo Castro
Altitude 1500-1650 masl
Cupping Score 89
Roast Master, Quality cupper & Barista Søren Stiller Markussen.
As a general rule you should dial in your espresso using a scale. The first three shots is normally indicating your espresso flow and the appearance of how well your espresso flow/brew. Your first indicator should be the first drop appearing after activating starting the water flow (pump/bottom) I recommend the first drop to appear approx. at 6-8 sec. in that way your espressoshot will brew as long a 26-31 sec. If it appears before 4 sec. I will recommend you should grind finer and visa versa if the first drop appears to late/after 8 sec or more.

Dosering 20 g dobb shot
Ekstraktion 27-29 sek
Vægt i væske 40 g.
Ekstraktion rate  20/40= 0,50%

The dose is calculated using a 20g porta filter Min dose 19g/Max dose 21 g. pr dobb espresso.    

This coffee is ideal to brew on Siphon, Chemex, Hario, Stagg fellow and December dripper Brew/ratio mass depends on how you pour the water, the weight of your coffee and the length of your brew. I like to recommend that you try to use different pouring techniques. So you will find out what will suit you and the coffee you have in your hands.

Step 1

Prefinfusion = Using water to wet the coffee, so the particle can absorb water, giving access to flavour and aromas. As a rule when you use less coffee, less water is used to preinfusion. "just enough to cover the coffee in the filter".

Step 2

Blooming = this is where the coffee particles is expanding, as any cellular products, giving access to transform the coffee attributes in to flavours and aromas. As a genius = less coffee/shorter blooming time. More Coffee/longer blooming time = that make sense right? Ie. 33 g of coffee = 30 sec blooming time. 60 g of coffee = 50-60 sec blooming time.

Step 3

Building up your coffee in the filter = you coffee brewing times length and letting you coffee steep in the filter. Coffee needs to be handled firm and homogenises.

Ie. Dont let your coffee set/sit or "dry out in the filter" when you pour the water in your coffee filter. Vise versa, you have to be careful, that you don't pour too much water, so you create a "swimming pool" on top of the coffee in the filter. The coffee should have a smooth "run through" contact time with water. You can find inspiration on brew guides