September – Volcan Azul - Typica Warm Anaerobic 2025
Tastes Like: 🍯 Molasses · 🥤 Cola · 🍒 Cherry · 🍑 Juicy Plum
Variety: Typica
Country: Costa Rica
Region: Poás Volcano, Alajuela
Process: Warm Anaerobic
Altitude: 1,500 MASL
Harvest: 2025
Producer: Alejo Castro
Farm: Volcan Azul
Roast Level: Light
This Typica comes from Alejo Castro, a fifth-generation coffee producer at the award-winning Volcan Azul farm. Known for Cup of Excellence-winning lots, Alejo’s meticulous care and volcanic soil create coffee that is jammy, deeply sweet, balanced, and memorable.
In the cup, expect molasses and cola sweetness, bright cherry and juicy plum notes, a silky body, balanced citric acidity, and a long sugar finish.
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Alejo Castro is the fifth-generation descendant of renowned coffee pioneers Alejo C. Jimenez and Wilhelm Kahle. Alejo's ancestors planted some of the first specialty coffee plantations in the early 1900s with the aim to produce the best coffee in the world. With over 200 years of family tradition in trading specialty coffee, Alejo's mission for the farm has been exclusively focused on improving coffee quality while making a positive impact on the environment. The highly fertile volcanic soil combined with the mill's impeccable processing methods has produced a history of award - winning coffees in Costa Rica.
PROCESSING
Processing
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Warm Anaerobic Fermentation: 4 days in tanks at 22°C, until the beans reached a final Brix of 17
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Initial Drying: 3 days on patio at 1,500 MASL to naturally slow the drying process
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Refinement: 48 hours in mechanical dryers to achieve a precise final moisture content of 10.6%
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Drying Method: Combination of patio drying and mechanical dryers for micro-lots, ensuring clarity, sweetness, and complexity
A truly jammy, sweet, and layered Typica: silky, complex, and perfectly expressive of Volcan Azul’s volcanic terroir—an exceptional coffee for filter or espresso.