PULP - Cascara - Costa Rica Volcan Azul

€12.60

Origin

Costa Rica

Packaging

100g box

Type of tea

Coffee infusion

Producer

Alejo Castro

Type d'agriculture

Reasoned and sustainable

Sourcing note

Volcan Azul, a farm more than a hundred years old, is now run by Alejo Castro, the sixth generation of farmers. Alejo, who is in his thirties, is part of the modernity of coffee and has considerably developed his production: plot-based planting, adaptation of prestigious botanical varieties and goldsmith's precision in the many processes used on the farm.

Tasting note

To the eye, the lovely amber colour of rum. The palate is sweet and comforting, with notes of rooibos, Ceylon black tea and yellow peach. On the palate, rooibos, dried fig, peach in syrup. A long finish of lychee..

What is Cascara ?

Is the skin and sweet pulp that surrounds the pit of the coffee cherry. This pit, when roasted, will become a coffee bean. Fresh, the pulp is a delight with notes of grenadine, spices, pepper, guava, mango...depending on the terroir and variety. Once dried in the sun, the aromas of the pulp are enriched by the organoleptic complexity of the fermentation process. Slightly caffeinated, delicious and refined, cascara also has antioxidant and draining properties. To be enjoyed as a hot or iced infusion, but also as a simple syrup or in a pastry.

PULP is part of the sustainability strategy we are pursuing with Terres de Café's partner farms. Indeed, this new product constitutes an additional income for the farmer thanks to a diversification of his production.