Description
Coffee Flavour
Winegums, Raspberry, Black Grape
We offer coffee roasted in different forms that suit your favourite way of making coffee. If you would like your beans ground, please order and add a note at checkout stating which form you would like from the following.
Delivery Times: To ensure all coffee is as fresh as possible, we do not hold stock ourselves. Ozone is based on the same estate as us; when you order, we collect it from Ozone. This may delay shipping by one day, depending on when you order.
Beans - Roasted and ready to be freshly ground by you, for those who like to take their time.
French Press / Cafetiere - Fill and sit down, ready when you are.
Medium Filter - For coffee-machine enthusiasts who need coffee ready to go.
Espresso - Roasted and ground for those who want or need a good punch of coffee.
Coarse Filter / Jug - The classic coffee drinker who likes to brew on the stove.
Fine Filter - The finest grind possible.
Coffee Information
Costa Rica: Don Joel - Finca Carmela, Villa Sarchi This cup opens with silky, sweet wine gums and the zingy lift of lime and raspberries. Juicy black grapes come in on the finish of this well rounded and fruity coffee. We’ve been working with Allan Oviedo Rodríguez since 2017, and this year’s lot comes from his farm Finca Carmela. Just three hectares in size, Carmela sits at 1,600 metres above sea level on the border between Costa Rica’s Central and Western Valleys. It’s planted mainly with Villa Sarchí and Typica, along with small trials of varieties like SL28. Despite being only a five-minute drive from Allan’s other farm, La Cumbre, Carmela has its own microclimate. Rain may fall on one side of the hill but not the other, winds buffet one while the other is sheltered, and sunlight hits at different times of day. These subtle differences shape the way the coffee develops, giving Carmela’s harvests their own distinctive character. To understand Carmela, it helps to know Allan’s journey. He grew up in a coffee family, learning traditional methods from his father, Don Joel, and his brothers. When his father passed away, Allan inherited part of the original family land, Finca La Cumbre, and threw himself into farming. In those early years he even worked nights as a taxi driver in San José to make ends meet, managing the farm by day. His determination paid off: he replanted with quality-focused varietals, built the Don Joel Micromill in honour of his father, and began processing coffee himself rather than selling cherry to local mills. The micromill, now run by Allan and his son Ignacio, sits just below Volcán Poás and has become central to the family’s success. It gives Allan complete control over processing, and his detail-driven approach has earned him recognition in the Costa Rican Cup of Excellence several times in recent years. Success at the mill has also allowed him to reinvest - buying back more of the family land, expanding his farms, and experimenting with new varietals. Farming here is never without risk. In 2019, Poás erupted, covering Allan’s plants in ash, and the El Niño weather pattern brought drought and erratic rainfall. Carmela, in particular, was hit hard. But Allan’s resilience, focus on sustainability (like producing his own fertiliser from native microorganisms) and constant innovation have kept his farms thriving. Carmela may be small, but it embodies Allan’s approach: careful attention, deep respect for the land, and a vision for producing coffees that express their place. We’re proud to share it with you. Clean Cup: (1-8): 6.5 Sweetness: (1-8): 7 Acidity: (1-8): 6 Mouthfeel: (1-8): 6 Flavour: (1-8): 6.5 Aftertaste: (1-8): 6.5 Balance: (1-8): 6.5 Overall: (1-8): 6.5 Correction: (+36): +36 Total (max 100):87.5
