Costa Rica — Diego Robelo Aquiares Estate "Booze Cruise" Centroamericano (Anaerobic Natural)

Tastes Like — 🍇 Purple Grapes • 🍫 Cherry Praline • 🍯 Brown Sugar

DETAILS

• Producer: Diego Robelo

• Farm: Aquiares Estate

• Region: Turrialba, Costa Rica

• Varietal: Centroamericano (Sarchimor T-5296 + Sudan Rume hybrid)

• Process: Anaerobic Natural

• Altitude: 1200 MASL

• Harvest: 2026

• Size: 250g

INTRO

Happy to release this expressive and (the right amount of boozy) coffee from Aquiares Estate in Costa Rica. The Centroamericano varietal is a hybrid between a Sarchimor T5296 and Sudan Rume, processed and dried as an anaerobic natural.

THE PRODUCER

Diego Robelo farms Centroamericano at Aquiares Estate, situated at 1200 metres above sea level in Turrialba, Costa Rica. The Centroamericano varietal itself is a deliberate hybrid, crossing the disease-resistant Sarchimor T-5296 with the flavourful Ethiopian Sudan Rume lineage—bringing together resilience and cup quality potential in one tree.

THE PROCESS

The Anaerobic Natural process at Aquiares Estate involves:

• 🍒 Cherry Selection — Careful picking at peak ripeness

• 🔒 Anaerobic Fermentation — Sealed, oxygen-restricted fermentation

• ☀️ Natural Drying — Whole cherries dried with fruit intact

The result is a textured and layered coffee, syrupy in body, with the anaerobic fermentation drawing out a distinctly boozy, liqueur-like complexity.

THE CUP

Textured and layered, syrupy in body, with tasting notes of purple grapes, cherry praline and Grand Marnier. An expressive, appropriately boozy anaerobic natural showcasing the Centroamericano varietal's hybrid character at its most vivid.

Flavour Notes

• 🍇 Purple Grapes

• 🍫 Cherry Praline

• 🍯 Brown Sugar