HONDURAS | Javier Fernandez | Bourbon | Double Anaerobic Honey 96/96hrs

Origin

• 🇭🇳 Honduras

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40
• Sweet
  25

Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Peach, floral, cherry, & lacticFunky / lacticTasting language for deliberate fermentation flavor: yogurt-like tang (lactic), winey or boozy notes, overripe fruit. A feature in experimental lots, a defect in classic ones. Producer: Javier Fernandez Farm: Don Andres Varietal: BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. Process: Double AnaerobicAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. HoneyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. Relationship Since: 2012 Recipes: Espresso: 1:2.5 | Filter: 1:17 About: Javier Fernandez is one-half of the formidable Fernandez bros duo from Santa Barbara in Honduras. Javier dropped this new processing method in 2019; fermented in whole cherry for 96 hours, fermented again in pulp for 96 hours, and lastly dried as a honey. Ohh yes! This processing method placed him 5th in the Project Origin Late Harvest Auction in 2019. A super creamy mouthfeelBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. with stone fruit flavors. Is that dessert in your cup? YUM! Roasting days: Proud Mary roast Monday-Friday during normal business hours. To ensure freshness of coffee, best to order early in the week as postal services and couriers do not operate on weekends. Orders: placed by 8.00am PST will be roasted and dispatched the same day. If you are ordering on a Friday, and order after 8.00am then your coffee will be roasted the following business day - Monday.