“Sweet Tooth” Espresso El Aguacate

When we first tasted the coffee from the Chacón family, we were struck by the completeness of the package. The coffee was terrifically sweet and balanced, but also had an interesting, if not complex, acidity. Since that first taste in 2009, we’ve established quite a bond with the Chacón family, to the point that Ritual buys all of the coffee that they produce from their three farms.

Over the past five years, the Chacóns have built a small micro-mill for processing their coffee, which they call El Angel. In addition to purchasing the aqua-pulper, the family has also built drying tables and a small bodega to safely store the coffee. Wanting to provide additional support, Ritual began a sponsorship program to help rehabilitate and revitalize the farm. Over the past several years, it has been very exciting to see the quantity and the quality of the Chacón family’s coffee improve in tandem – a measurable success for both producer and consumers like us. This selection is from the section of the farm nearest to the dairy, or Lechería. Of slightly higher elevation and comprised exclusively of caturra trees, the coffees from this section of farm are washed more traditionally, with a brief fermentation period, to bring out the clean fruit acidity we love.

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