| Country | Honduras |
|---|---|
| Farm | Los Potreros |
| Varietal | Arabica Parainema |
| Processing | Fully Washed |
| Crop | May 2023 |
| Partnership | 3 years |
| Coffee type | Whole bean |
| Flavour | Fruity & Elegant |
About coffee
In addition to geisha, Esmelin also grows a small amount of parainema coffee trees on his farm. These are still young saplings, which showed signs of wind damage during our visit. The stress experienced by trees sometimes paradoxically manifests itself in the taste of coffee in a positive way. The parainema variety is a hybrid variety that was bred from sarchimor (a hybrid of arabica and robusta) in the IHCAFE (Instituto Hondureño del Café) laboratories. It can be recognized relatively easily by the elongated beans, similar to geisha.
This coffee was processed using the standard fully washed method, where freshly picked cherries are depulped, left to ferment for about 24 hours and then spread to dry on African beds.
Farm Coffee Family
Ondřej, who selected this coffee in Honduras, especially appreciates the very distinctive taste profile of the parainema variety. The combination of high citrus acidity and spicy flavors with intense caramel sweetness is not quite common.
Los Potreros Farm
Although Esmelin comes from a coffee family, he is a relative newcomer as a coffee farmer. He works as a bank officer, and only a few years ago he bought 3 hectares of land from his grandfather, on which he planted mostly parainema coffee trees.
With the support of his cousin, he discovered the potential of specialty coffee, and now you have the opportunity to taste one of his first harvests.
Benjamin Paz
We discovered coffees from Honduras thanks to the charismatic Benjamin Paz, who took over the management of the San Vincente processing plant and export company after his father. Ben works closely with farmers in the Santa Barbara region, helping them turn the region's potential into great coffee. He connects small family farms with roasters that share the same philosophy.
Benjamin is also a successful farmer on his own who won first place in the prestigious Cup of Excellence competition in 2022 and 2024 with his geisha.
From an unknown region to a star on the coffee map
For a long time Honduras was an unknown territory for us. The largest coffee producing country in Central America has been focusing mainly on commodity coffee. Over the last few years, also with the help of producers and exporters from Santa Barbara, the situation has changed significantly. We purchased our first Honduran coffee in the year 2015. From the very beginning, we decided to work with Mr. Edwin Pineda and his wife Bersi Sagastume, together with Esmelin Sagastume.
