EASY DRINKIN', Honduras

Origin

• 🇭🇳 Honduras

Tasting notes

Character

• Comforting
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16oz / 454g Tasting NotesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee.: Tropical Fruit & 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. Origin: Honduras Roast Level: Medium Region: Santa Rosa de Copán Co-Op: Capucas Cocafcal Co-operative Growing Altitude: 1200 - 1850 metres Arabica 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.: TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against., CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. Harvest Period: October - March Milling Process: WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly., Patio, Solar Certification: Fair Trade & Organic Capucas Cocafcal Co-operative is located in the western part of Honduras. It is the one of the largest “certified” (certified organic and certified Fair Trade) co-operatives in the world. There are 840 growing farms listed in the co-op and the growing region is almost 3,500 hectares in the Santa Rosa de Copan region. Coffee has been grown in the Capucas region since 1885 and the co-op was created in 1999 to help the farmers work together to help with milling and coffee processing costs. Capucas Cocafcal Co-operative have made deliberate efforts to improve quality and processing techniques and is naturally grown and processed without chemical fertilizers or pesticides.