HONDURAS Nahun Fernandez | Pacas & Catuai | Natural

Origin

• 🇭🇳 Honduras

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
  75
• Sweet
  50
• Comforting
  25
• Funky
  20

Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Dark chocolate, cherry, vanilla, & syrupy Region: Las Flores Varietal: Pacas & CatuaiCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America. Process: NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. Recipes: Espresso: 1:2.5 | Filter: 1:17 About: Nahun Fernandez has evolved into the master coffee processor of the Las Flores region in Santa Barbara, Honduras. He has assisted his neighbors by teaching them the very techniques he has acquired working with Proud Mary, significantly improving his coffee’s flavor! His quality is so consistent that he has walked away with two awards for 2018! Nahun’s natural Pacas & Catuai is sweet, juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it., and clean. The perfect expression of terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. and varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.. 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 8.30am PST will be roasted and dispatched the same day. If you are ordering on a Friday, and order after 8.30am then your coffee will be roasted the following business day - Monday.