About This Bean

<h2 id="docs-internal-guid-b76a34fe-7fff-ac73-e8f1-b35c3ef2d9eb" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica Romelia — SHB EP Tarrazú Highlands</h2> <h3 style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 4pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Air Roasted • Honeyed • Mountain-Grown Elegance</h3> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica Romelia SHB EP comes from the misty Palmichal rainforest region, bordering the historic coffee lands of Tarrazú, an area celebrated for its vibrant acidity and exceptionally clean cup profile. Grown along the western slopes of the Escazú Mountains at elevations between 1,500-1,900 meters, this coffee benefits from cool mountain air, volcanic soils, and slow cherry maturation which helps develop layered sweetness and clarity. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The story of Romelia traces back to pioneer coffee grower Manuel Rojas Arias, who introduced coffee cultivation to Palmichal in the early 1900s. His success inspired neighboring farmers to transition from sugar cane to coffee production, helping shape the region’s identity. After his passing, the farms were entrusted to his sister, Doña Romelia, whose perseverance preserved the quality and legacy behind the name. Manuel Rojas also founded Beneficio Palmichal in 1933. This mill that quickly became known for processing some of Costa Rica’s highest-quality SHB coffees. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">European Preparation (EP) ensures exceptional sorting and cleanliness. After optical sorting, the beans are hand-selected to remove defects. This results in a refined and consistent cup of coffee. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Air-roasted at Passport Coffee to a balanced medium profile, Costa Rica Romelia delivers bright citrus character layered with honeyed sweetness and smooth brown sugar notes, a lively yet approachable coffee that highlights the elegance of Costa Rica’s highland terroir. <div id="docs-internal-guid-b161570e-7fff-5e53-8f5c-56ec31ee7087" align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt;" dir="ltr"> <table style="border: medium; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100.087%; height: 283.734px;"> <colgroup> <col style="width: 29.2894%;" width="169"> <col style="width: 77.4697%;" width="447"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Name: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica SHB EP Romelia </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Country:</td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Costa Rica </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 40.5333px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 40.5333px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Region: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 40.5333px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tarrazú Region (commonly associated with Romelia export lots) </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Farm or Cooperative: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regional Smallholder Producers </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Current Lot: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romelia SHB EP </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Altitude: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1,500 – 1,900 masl </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Varietal(s): </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caturra • Catuai </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Processing Method: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washed </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harvest: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">December – March </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Screen Size: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SHB EP (16+) </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Moisture Content: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10–11% </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Importer Cupping Score: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">85–86 </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.2667px;"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tasting Notes: </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word; border: 0.75pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 20.2667px;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orange • Honey • Brown Sugar • Clean Citrus </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>

Costa Rican - Tarrazu Romelia

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