COSTA RICA - Helsar de Zarcero Cascara

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Tasting Notes: Cherry, Melon, Hibiscus

We’re excited to share this unique Cascara tea with you! Made from the dried coffee cherry husk, it’s something special—sweet, fruity, and unlike anything you’ve tasted. With flavors of cherry, melon, and hibiscus, it’s incredibly refreshing, whether you enjoy it hot or over ice. This cascara comes from the Helsar Micromill in Costa Rica, where it's carefully pasteurized for the cleanest, purest taste. Not only is it delicious, but it's also packed with antioxidants and great for digestion. If you’ve ever wondered what coffee fruit tastes like, now’s your chance!

We roast and ship every Monday & Thursday. Orders must be received by 5 PM on Sunday and Wednesday to ensure it gets added to our production. Orders placed after 5 PM on Sunday and Wednesday will be roasted and shipped out the next production day.

Please Note: Taxes have been included in the price.

Tasting Notes: Cherry, Melon, Hibiscus

We’re excited to share this unique Cascara tea with you! Made from the dried coffee cherry husk, it’s something special—sweet, fruity, and unlike anything you’ve tasted. With flavors of cherry, melon, and hibiscus, it’s incredibly refreshing, whether you enjoy it hot or over ice. This cascara comes from the Helsar Micromill in Costa Rica, where it's carefully pasteurized for the cleanest, purest taste. Not only is it delicious, but it's also packed with antioxidants and great for digestion. If you’ve ever wondered what coffee fruit tastes like, now’s your chance!

We roast and ship every Monday & Thursday. Orders must be received by 5 PM on Sunday and Wednesday to ensure it gets added to our production. Orders placed after 5 PM on Sunday and Wednesday will be roasted and shipped out the next production day.

Please Note: Taxes have been included in the price.

From Farm To Cup

Cascara is the coffee husk and skin from the coffee cherries. Typically, when coffee is processed, the skin is a byproduct of the process and usually ends up as waste or maybe in compost. At Helsar Micromill, with the help of the University of Costa Rica, cascara was pasteurized to create food-grade quality, which was something that had not been done before. The pasteurization helped to sterilize thoroughly the inside and outside of the skins and thus created the cleanest cascara I have ever tasted!

I was lucky enough to visit the micro mill in 2017 and was blown away by the operation and how clean the cascara was. I was fortunate to meet Ricardo Perez and his family and was impressed by the farm and their hospitality. To be able to carry this product and share it with our customers is a huge honor! If you’ve never had cascara and are interested, this is some of the best produced and available on the market. You don’t want to miss this chance if you ever wondered what the coffee fruit tasted like!

Cascara can be used to make a tea-like elixir. It has a sweet, fruity acidity that is clean and crisp. It can be prepared hot and can also be refreshing over ice. Cascara is known to be rich in antioxidants and is also said to aid the digestive system.

Producers:

Ricardo Perez / Marvin & Felipe Barrantes

Region:

West Valley, Costa Rica

Cultivar:

Caturra, Catuai, Villalobos

Processing Method:

Depulped/Pasteurized/Dehydrated

Elevation:

1700 Masl

Here is our recipe to make Cascara Tea:

We happen to like the 1:16 ratio!

  1. Place 18g of the cascara into a decanter.

  2. Pour 288g of hot water (208F) into the decanter and start your timer.

  3. Steep for 4-5 minutes.

  4. At minute 2, stir the elixir twice with a spoon.

  5. Carefully pour the elixir while restraining the cascara into a warm cup and enjoy!

For a more in-depth guide on Cascara, check out our article “What Is Cascara?”