HONDURAS | Javier Fernandez | Catuai | Double Anaerobic Honey

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.: Chocolate, floral, blackberry, peach, & wineyFunky / 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: Los Tanques Varietal: CatuaiCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America. 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. Oh yes! This coffee placed 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.