Costa RicaGourmet
Costa Rica SHB Fuego Honey
- Origin
- Costa Rica
- Grade
- SHB Fuego Honey
- Process
- Honey
- Producer
- Fuego
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Origin: Costa Rica Process: Honey Producer: Fuego Grade: SHB Fuego Honey
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Behind this lot
Reference notes on the origin and the process. Where this lot differs, the desk's word wins.
- Harvest
- Concentrated November to February. Picking can start around August at the lowest altitudes in the south and run to about May in the highest areas.source
- Altitude
- About 600 to 1,900 m across the eight regions. ICAFE splits the country into low zones below 1,000 m and high zones above 1,200 m; Turrialba plantings start around 600 m and Los Santos runs 1,200 to 1,900 m.source
- Varietals
- Caturra and Catuaí are the two main varieties, alongside Bourbon, Villa Sarchí, Villalobos and Geishasource
- Processing
- Washed, honey (commonly designated white, yellow, red and black) and naturalsource
- Growing regions
- Valle Central, Valle Occidental, Los Santos (Tarrazú), Tres Ríos, Orosi, Turrialba, Brunca and Guanacastesource
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