Origin: Venezuela, Hacienda Cocollar - Caripe, Monagas State.
Region: El Guácharo National Park
Elevation: 900 -1500 M.A.S.L
Process: Washed femented
Producer: Carlos Cesar Avila
Farm: Hacienda Cocollar
Varietal: Caripe
Context
The indigenous Venezuelan coffee that is Caripe. This is proudly the first variety from Venezuela to be included in World Coffee Research’s Coffee Varieties Catalog. For that we owe thanks to the visionary agronomist Gustavo Buonaffina, alongside his daughter Yndira Buonaffina Malavé who has championed the mission and accompanying research that the job entailed. A historic milestone and achievement that which this beautifully individual coffee is a result of. A light citrusy brew with notes of sugar and nuts, try something historic today.
The Hacienda is situated in the emerald valley of the El Guácharo National Park, which produces coffee across 250 hectares from 900 to 1500 metres above sea level. That sweet flavour the beans muster up can be linked to the abundance of banana trees that are dispersed throughout, providing the coffee plants with much needed shade within their paradise.
