Andrew's Favorite Microlot — Red Catuai Honey, Chutas Farm
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| Management number | 253764907 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$16.80 | Model Number | 253764907 | ||
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Costa Rica Honey Process | Chutas Farm Red Catuai
Tastes like a handful of red berries. Still tastes like coffee.
This is a honey processed Red Catuai from Chutas Farm, a family farm in the mountains of Costa Rica. If you have ever been handed a "fruity" coffee that tasted thin and sour, this is the one that fixes that idea for you.
The cup leads with strawberry and raspberry, with a berry aroma and a soft cherry note underneath. The body is where it wins, though — juicy and silky, with enough sweetness to carry the fruit instead of leaving it sharp. Bright, but nothing about it is harsh.
Honey processing is why. Washed coffee strips all the fruit off the bean before drying. Natural coffee dries with the whole cherry on. Honey splits the difference: the skin comes off, the sticky sweet layer stays, and the coffee dries with it. You get the fruit and sweetness of a natural with the clean finish of a washed. It is more work and more risk for the producer, which is why you mostly see it from small mills that care.
Jesús Montero owns and operates Chutas Farm. The cherry is processed a short distance away at Tío Juan Micromill, run by Juan Rafael Montero Gamboa — same family, and one of the reasons a lot this small stays traceable from tree to bag instead of disappearing into a regional blend.
I buy this through Pablo, who handles US sales for his family's coffee. Not a warehouse listing and not a mystery lot — one conversation with someone whose family name is on the farm.
Every bag is small-batch clean-roasted, packed fresh, and marked with a roast date. On a lot this delicate that is not a nice-to-have — the strawberry and silk are the first things to disappear in coffee that has been sitting.
This is the bag I hand to people who say they don't like fruity coffee.
Tastes Like
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
- Milk chocolate
- Red fruit and cherry
- Juicy, silky body
- Sweet, clean finish
Best Brewing Styles
Great for pour-over, drip coffee makers, and French press.
Pour-over is where this coffee shows off — the clarity lets the strawberry and cherry separate out. Drip gets you most of the way there with none of the fuss. French press gives you a heavier, jammier cup if you want the body to lead. I would skip cold brew on this one; the fruit you paid for gets muted.
Why You'll Love It
You get a genuinely fruity coffee that still tastes sweet and smooth, not thin and sour.
- No sour, underdeveloped light roast.
- No stale beans with the fruit already gone.
- No mystery blend — one farm, one mill, one family.
- No special equipment required.
Just fresh roasted coffee beans online from a single Costa Rican farm, roasted for anyone who wants their morning cup to taste like actual fruit instead of a description on a bag.
Coffee Details
Origin: Costa Rica
Region: Tarrazu
Farm: Chutas Farm
Producer: Jesús Montero
Mill: Tío Juan Micromill
Altitude: 1650m
Process: Honey
Variety: Red Catuai
Roast Level: Light, medium, or medium-dark
Score: 86.25
Best For: Pour-Over, Drip, French Press
This Costa Rican honey is bright, juicy, and sweet all the way through — a fruity coffee for people who thought fruity coffee wasn't for them.
Photo Credit: Jin @chaseprettyplaces
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