{"product_id":"diego-guardia","title":"Costa Rica Hacienda Sonora","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCosta Rica\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCarrillos Alto de Poás, Alajuela, Central Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHacienda Sonora\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarmer\/Grower:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlberto and Diego Guardia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultivar:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSL28 and SL34\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcessing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNatural\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1300 m.a.s.l.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSCA Cupping Score:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e86.25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImported by: \u003c\/strong\u003eHacea Coffee Source\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHacienda Sonora Estate has been in Alberto’s family for more than a Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn the 1970’s when Alberto took over the farm, he began planting the majority of the land with coffee and shortly after it became the main source of income. In 1999, with historically low coffee prices, Alberto invested in a Mill to maximize his quality. He then became a pioneer in alternative processing techniques at the time such as Honey and Naturals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAt Hacienda Sonora, hand-picked cherries are first dunked in water for floater separation, before the beans are dried inside the fruit (rather than after the fruit has been removed, as is the case with wet-processed or “washed” coffees). The cherries are dried on a black tarp on top of grass for 12 days using different layers depending on the drying stage (always covered at night). These controls keep temperatures low which preserves cup quality and shelf life of the coffee. After 12 days, the coffee is moved to the warehouse to rest for 3 days (at 14% humidity) before getting a final dry in a mechanical dryer (which allows better uniformity) at temperatures that never exceed 35C. Once the coffee reaches a humidity of 10.5%, it rests for 2 Months before being hauled out of the dry husk and then going through weight, screen, density and color sorting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDon Alberto also became living proof of how unique varieties could create different levels of complexity in the cup. Nowadays, Hacienda Sonora has more than 20 different varieties of plants in 80 hectares of coffee (+ 20 hectares of forest reserve) and is known to be a welcoming place for coffee lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Stranger Friend","offers":[{"title":"250 g","offer_id":47844118134998,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Lb","offer_id":47844118167766,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/8576\/1750\/files\/5162600309961845436.jpg?v=1771786862","url":"https:\/\/www.strangerfriendcoffee.com\/products\/diego-guardia","provider":"Stranger Friend","version":"1.0","type":"link"}