Cascara Coffee Cherry Tea

The intense sweetness of raisins is compared with a tart acidity and rosehip aromatic in this careful selection of cascara from the Helper de Zarcero micro-mill. Each bag contains 90 grams of tea. Tea Details Producer Ricardo Perez Country Costa Rica Region Zarcero, West Valley Cultivar Catuai Process Wet-Process Elevation 1,500 - 1,700 Meters Tasting Notes Raisin, Rosehip, Tart Farmlevel Farmlevel Rich in both caffeine and antioxidants, the consumption of cascara (otherwise referred to as “Qishr”) predates the consumption of roasted and brewed coffee on the Arabian peninsula. To this day, Qishr continues its reign as a more widely consumed and economically significant product than coffee in such countries. Spanish for “husk” or “skin”, “Cáscara” is the dried fruit of a coffee cherry. Though often the byproduct of naturally-processed coffee, this lot of cascara from the Helsar de Zarcero micro-mill in the West Valley of Costa Rica comes to us by way of a proprietary pr