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Back to School—Time for Coffee! |
Dear Invalsa and Café
Valverde
customers,
Whether September means back to school, or just the
beginning of fall (our favorite season) to you, it’s the
right time of year to tryut some new coffees. We’re
devoting this newsletter to telling you about the coffees we
bought during the Costa Rica 2009 Cup of Excellence auction.
Try some alongside Bolivian coffees and see what kinds of terroir differences you taste.
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Get a
10% discount
on
Café Camino al Cielo,
grown by Gabelo Vargas,
until October 31st, 2009.
Enter coupon code “Caminoalcielo.” |
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ACE Certified National Winners |
Gabelo Vargas — Camino al Cielo
Gabelo has been growing coffee for 32 years, and was a
founder of the cooperative CoopeAtenas, which runs a
coffee mill, supermarket and hardware store for
members. Order some of his coffee using the discount
coupon above,
here.
Luis
Monge — Finca San Isidro
National Winner Luis’ farm is 4500 ft above sea level in
a region called Tarrazu. Try his coffe
here. |
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Please send any questions, comments, or feedback on this
newsletter to tina@invalsa.com. |
Above: Gabelo Vargas on his farm.
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Micro Lots — some of our favorites |
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Try
these before they run out!
Alfonso
Piedra, Finca San Gabriel
Order here
Miguel
Garbazo, La Violeta AGRIVID
Order here
Javier
Meza, Finca Montes de Oro
Order here |
Left:
Miguel Garbazo with red coffee cherries
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Cup of Excellence Winners |
Jorge Ureña Zuñiga—Calle de Copey
The
number 3 winner of the COE auction had an international jury cupping score
of 89.2. Order some of the best coffee grown in Costa Rica
here.
Francisca Cubillo—Finca Mirella
After Francisca
inherited her farm from her grandparents she implemented organic farming
practices. Her coffee was the only organically certified lot in the
competition. It came in #22 in the auction and received a jury score of
84.
Try it here.
Right:
Francisca Cubillo on her farm.
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