Whole Bean Coffee
[HON-DUR-US • LA • A-VEE]
Process: Washed
Apple, Milk Chocolate, Berries
Smooth and easy, this washed process Honduras has notes of apple and milk chocolate, a perfect cup to relax and unwind.
Honduras is somewhat unique in that it experienced the most significant growth in export volume after the emergence of the specialty coffee industry, so new farmers and new mills begin with quality as their goal. Coffee is now pervasive in Honduras, grown in 210 of the 298 municipalities and throughout central and coastal highlands within six districts identified as Coffee Regions. Starting in the north and moving south, the regions are Copan, Opalaca, Montecillos, Comayagua, El Paraiso, and Agalta. More than 60 percent of Honduras coffee is grown above 1,200 meters and as high as 1,600. Almost 90% of Honduras coffee is grown on small (less than 153 bags) and medium (between 153 and 766 bags) sized farms. Virtually all Honduras coffee (over 90%) is washed and sun dried. Plant varieties include Catuai, Caturra, Bourbon, Typica, and Pacas.
12 oz bag of whole bean coffee
Process: Washed
apple pie, lemon, salted caramel
Before getting into coffee, José used to work with the cattle and lands his father had. He went to school until the fourth grade, as he did not want to keep studying. Once he was a teenager, his father gave him a plot of land, where he decided to plant coffee. Unfortunately, José’s father passed away and since then he took charge and continued helping his mother, convincing her to plant coffee as well, which she agreed. Eventually, he expanded his mother’s farm and also was able to expand his plot, with the profits earned in past crops and some other savings he had, he could build his own house. At the age of twenty-three, he got married and started to grow his family, today, José has 3 children and all live in the house he built. Besides taking care of his coffee, he has two cows to produce milk and dairy products for their own consumption, and is still supporting his mother with all the things related to her farm.