The cup exhibits - medium grapey acidity - notes of raspberry - good pronounced sweetness - creamy mouthfeel - a well balanced, crisp and elegant cup.
Per 250g pack - not the usual smaller 227g
Additional information:
Coffee: Caficultores de Juncalito
Farm: Various small growers in Juncalito region
Varietal(s): Typica, Caturra, Bourbon, Catuaí and Mundo Novo
Processing: Fully washed and sun dried on patios
Owner: URECAF mill
City/Town: N/A
Region: Juncalito
Country: Dominican Republic
Certification: N/A
Much of the coffee production in the Dominican Republic is organic, though many farms are not officially certified as such. The majority is also shade-grown, often under a canopy of native pine, macadamia and guava trees. The farms are typically small - less than eight acres on average and are spread throughout the country’s six growing regions.
These regions were officially denominated by the government to better promote the individual profiles of the coffees from these distinct microclimates. The regions are Cibao, Bani, Azua, Ocoa, Barahona and Juncalito. Each region creates beans with distinct physical and chemical characteristics.
The coffee produced by the many small growers who make up the Caficultores de Juncalito coffee is a unique blend of specialty coffee beans obtained from the highest producing areas in the province of Santiago at over 1000 meters above sea level.
The coffee is grown under shade and harvesting takes place from November to May, peaking in April during the Semana Santa (Holy Week) festival.
The coffee is cultivated in accordance with strict agricultural practices. The growers deliver their patio dried coffee (still in parchment) to the mill, where it is classified and separated according to quality. It is processed using a 100% fully washed method at the only ecological wet mill in the Caribbean.
The ecological wet milling process used at the URECAF mill is based on the model employed in Costa Rica. Drying is finished in guardiola driers at 50ºC until an average moisture content of 11% remains.
