ESPRESSO - BARCELONA (3x250gr)

House coffee - Costa Rica - Nomad Coffee

The Coffee
Every year the Nomad team waits impatiently for the coffees from Aquiares, Costa Rica to arrive. And this is their flagship, Entre Rios. With this cup you will enjoy a very round, balanced and unctuous body. Aromatic, with notes of orange and dates. It is sweet, with notes of chocolate and caramel, and has a long, slightly fruity cherry aftertaste.

First, floating cherries and unripe fruit are removed. Optimum quality and heavy cherries are pulped using a "Penagos DCV 306". The mucilage is removed mechanically using a "Penagos delva", before the cherries are taken to the tanks for partial fermentation (6 hours). Pre-drying is done in a "Centriflux" machine before sending to the drying area.

Mechanical drying: 32 hours of drying in "Guardiola", range 45º-55ºC. Two 2-hour breaks during the day ensure slow and uniform drying of all the beans.

Stored in parchment for a minimum of two months before preparation, and packed in 69 kg GrainPro bags in jute.

The Project
Aquiares is owned by Diego Robelo and his family, and located on the slopes of the Turrialba volcano at 1400 MASL, it is the largest coffee plantation in a single block in Costa Rica. The land is bisected by several watercourses that connect the two large rivers that surround the farm, the Turrialba and the Aquiares. It is a majestic natural setting where a small pre-Columbian community lived hundreds of years ago and vestiges of which can still be found. This is the eighth consecutive year in which we have worked together and the seventh in which we have made a direct deal.

"We negotiate the price directly with Diego and he acts as the exporter, so the commission also stays on the farm. We also import it ourselves, contracting the container directly from Costa Rica to Barcelona."

"And this year we are even more proud to collaborate with Aquiares, as they have been certified by the sustainability consultancy Enveritas as a company that complies with the EUDR (European Union Deforestation Regulation)."

"We have a great responsibility as coffee producers, not only to our immediate buyers but also to the future generations of Costa Rica," explains their CEO, Diego Robelo. "We are proud to have received this recognition from Enveritas and even more proud to have passed this test in our alliance with NOMAD COFFEE, with whom we have been working for 8 years. We can now guarantee to all our main customers that our coffee is and will continue to be deforestation free".

"From NOMAD COFFEE we celebrate with joy the certification of Aquiares, a centenary coffee plantation active since 1890, which is also the largest in Costa Rica to be carbon neutral. But Aquiares' efforts are not limited to this: it has 620 hectares of coffee grown under the shade of trees and 200 other hectares of protected forests. Thanks to its dedication and savoir faire, it now exports to more than 20 countries."

Variety: Marseillaise and Obatà
Altitude: 1400 MASL
Process: Washed
Producers Diego Robelo
Region Aquiares, Costa Rica
Notes Chocolate, caramel, dates

Condor - Colombia - Hidden Coffee

The Coffee

Cóndor Formerly known as Opita, it is made up of a selection of two grain varieties such as Caturra and Castillo, which result in a Colombian coffee; smooth with a traditional profile, perfect for the most classic palates.

The Condor is a tribute to Colombia's national bird and freedom. It is a tribute to all those farms and coffee plantations in Huila that join forces to produce coffees as necessary as this one.

The project

Direct from the Colombian region of Huila, collected by nine farms and processed by the Coocentral Cooperative, a non-profit company that helps promote social projects. Its commitment to protecting the environment means it uses sustainable techniques and assumes all its responsibility with society.

Variety: Castillo & Caturra
Altitude: 1500 MASL
Process: Washed
Producers: Coocentral Cooperative
Region: Huila, Colombia
Notes: Milk chocolate, caramel and yellow fruits