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Farm Details
Lot#: 6 Rodrigo Vargas - La Luisa
LA LUISA

In 1929, Don Clarindo Vargas taking a great risk he acquired a small dairy near his home. He once again risks all twenty years later, exchanging the dairy for a small extension of coffee growing fields in San Isidro, located in West Valley Region and with a few knowing about the cultivation of coffee, he begins a great ongoing family tradition, of the cultivation of fine coffee. Thirty years passed before Don Clarindo could see the fruits of his labor. He founded Beneficiadora Santa Eduviges in 1959; La Luisa, one of the 11 farms of the whole group; it covers approximately 97 hectares of land. La Luisa begins and grows over the decades until blossoming into one of the world's leading gourmet coffee producers focused on maintaining and improving the quality of the coffee.

Property Characteristics: Coffee Characteristics:
Farm: La Luisa
Farmer: Rodrigo Vargas
Rank: 6
City: San Isidro
Region: Alajuela
Country: Costa Rica
Farm Size: Not Available
Coffee growing area: Not Available
Altitude: 1800 masl
Certification: None
Variety: Caturra, catuai
Processing System: Conventional, Sun dried
Lot Size: 50 bags
International Jury Score: 88.75
Cupping Number #: 149
Price: 4.20 USD
Winning Bidder: Kaffebrenneriet as
Jury Descriptions: Bright (16), crisp apple like acidity (11), long finish (11), silky body (11), green sweet bell pepper (10), complex (8), milk chocolate aroma (6), balanced coffee (6), cherry (6), winey (4), fruit like, tangerine (3), sweet berry (2), clove spice aroma (5), soft sweet fruity aftertaste (5), caramel aroma
Please Note: If a number appears in brackets next to a description it indicates the number of jurors that agreed with that particular decription.

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