El Tucán

Costa Rica · Heredia, Central Valley · Medium roast

The same green coffee, roasted differently:

Light La Lapa Medium El Tucán Dark El Colibri

chocolate plum blackberry caramel sour cherry

Medium Dry (natural) 1400–1800 m Villa Sarchí Specialty Fresh roast

The middle one. If I had to pick a single coffee for the market stand, this is it — good on filter, good as espresso, and everyone likes it. It outsells everything else at the market.

Size

250 g 5 090 Ft 500 g −3% 9 890 Ft All three roasts 3 × 100 g 4 990 Ft

5 090 Ft

Every bag carries the roast date and the LOT number — so you can see exactly when it was made.

20 000 Ft felett ingyenes Foxpost. 1–3 munkanap.

Free collection in person: Vác (Saturday market) and Budapest.

Where it comes from

A micromill in the Heredia part of the Central Valley, where neighbouring farms bring their cherry. Juan Ramón Alvarado Rodríguez and his family are fourth-generation producers; they have been building out the processing since 2003, and added a cupping lab and a roastery so they can taste what leaves their hands. This lot is Villa Sarchí, dry processed — hence the spice, the cooked cherry and the cocoa. “I hope to God that I will die a farmer, and I hope my son does too,” Juan Ramón says.

Termelő: Brumas del Zurquí micromill — Juan Ramón Alvarado Rodríguez
Régió: Heredia, Central Valley
Fajta: Villa Sarchí
Feldolgozás: Dry (natural)
Magasság: 1400–1800 m

The whole lot

Freshness and storage

The bag carries the roast date, so you can see exactly when it was made.

Whole bean is best between 4 and 8 weeks; ground, a few days. Keep it in a sealed bag at room temperature, away from light — the fridge doesn't help, and the freezer only works if you don't keep opening it.

Shipping and pickup

Foxpost csomagautomata — 1 142 Ft, 1–3 working days. Free above 20 000 Ft.
Foxpost home delivery — 2 590 Ft, 1–3 working days.
EU delivery — From 4 200 Ft, to 14 European countries.
Pickup — Vác Saturday market — free, Vác, Káptalan u. 3.
Pickup — Budapest — free, 1023 Budapest, Frankel Leó út 49.
Pickup — Vác — free, 2600 Vác, Zrínyi u. 33.

Shipping details

Recipes

How we brew it

These are not generic recipes. The roast level and the character of the lot together set the parameters — and we've written down why.

V60

Tiko recipe

Aiming for: Blackberry, plum, clean sweetness.

Coffee: 15 g
Water: 250 g
Temperature: 93 °C
Grind: medium
Time: 2:45–3:00
Ratio: 1:16.7

Pour schedule

0:00 — bloom Pour 40 g of water and wait 35 seconds. This is when the carbon dioxide leaves — without it the water can't pass evenly through the bed.
0:35 — Pour 2 Add 110 g (150 g in total), pouring slowly in circles and keeping off the edge.
1:20 — Pour 3 Add 100 g (250 g in total), pouring slowly in circles and keeping off the edge.
2:10 — drawdown It should have drained by now. Much later, grind coarser; much earlier, grind finer.

Why this way: Natural process, full of fruit sugar. One degree cooler keeps the blackberry and plum sweet instead of tipping into astringency.

If it's off: If it feels heavy, go a touch coarser — natural beans give up their solubles faster.

Espresso

Tiko recipe

Aiming for: Blackberry, plum, clean sweetness.

Coffee: 18 g
Yield: 40 g
Temperature: 93 °C
Grind: fine
Time: 26–30 s

Why this way: Natural process, full of fruit sugar. One degree cooler keeps the blackberry and plum sweet instead of tipping into astringency.

If it's off: If it feels heavy, go a touch coarser — natural beans give up their solubles faster.

Moka pot

Tiko recipe

Aiming for: Blackberry, plum, clean sweetness.

Coffee: filled basket
Temperature: pre-heated water
Grind: medium-fine
Time: ~4 perc

Why this way: Natural process, full of fruit sugar. One degree cooler keeps the blackberry and plum sweet instead of tipping into astringency.

If it's off: If it feels heavy, go a touch coarser — natural beans give up their solubles faster.

Customer recipes

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Az El Tucán a Costa Rica-i The medium roast of our Brumas del Zurquí lot. Tasting notes: chocolate, plum, blackberry, caramel, sour cherry. Origin: Heredia, Central Valley, dry (natural) processing, 1400–1800 m above sea level. We recommend it for: V60, Eszpresszó, Bialetti, Filter. From 5 090 Ft, roasted in Vác and dated on the bag. Free shipping above 20 000 Ft; pickup in Vác and Budapest is free.

Frequently asked questions about this coffee

What does El Tucán taste like?

El Tucán: chocolate, plum, blackberry, caramel, sour cherry. Medium roast, dry (natural) processed coffee from Costa Rica-i.

What is the difference between El Tucán and the other roasts?

They are all made from the same green coffee — the Brumas del Zurquí lot — only roasted differently: La Lapa (light), El Tucán (medium), El Colibri (dark). The lighter roast gives more acidity and fruit, the darker one more body and chocolate. Same producer, same sack.

How should I brew El Tucán?

V60: 15 g coffee, 250 g water, 93 °C, medium grind, in 2:45–3:00. Recommended methods: V60, Eszpresszó, Bialetti, Filter.

How much is El Tucán, and how do I get it?

From 5 090 Ft. We roast it in Vác and send it to a Foxpost parcel locker (1 142 Ft) or to your door (2 590 Ft) within 1–3 working days. Free above 20 000 Ft. Free pickup in person at: Vác, Káptalan u. 3.; 1023 Budapest, Frankel Leó út 49.; 2600 Vác, Zrínyi u. 33..

The same green coffee

Compare the three roasts

Brumas del Zurquí, Costa Rica — one sack, three different roasts. The difference is not a theory: you can taste it.

Costa Rica · Light

La Lapa

blackberry · plum · bright chocolate

5 090 Ft / 250 g

Choose

Legkeresettebb

Costa Rica · Medium

El Tucán

chocolate · plum · blackberry

5 090 Ft / 250 g

Choose

Costa Rica · Dark

El Colibri

dark chocolate · plum · blackberry

5 390 Ft / 250 g

Choose

I'll take all three — 3 × 100 g, 4,990 Ft