One Coffee Honduras San Rafael 250g

You probably already know that we are more than close to Honduran coffees, and when the opportunity came to prepare this tropical delicacy for you, we said yes three times! And so you can look forward to a chocolate ride complete with rum and passion fruit. In short, it' s natural! And as an added bonus, you'll be delighted with its organic certification.

Norma Iris Fiallos owns the San Rafael farm, located in the Los Limos area of Corquin in Copan. Norma is one of the most innovative producers in the area with a wide range of different varieties including bourbon, catuai, maragogype and parainema. The farm is set in a pine forest, which acidifies the soil considerably and gives the coffee a very unique cup profile. The coffee is completely shade grown and the production area is a fraction of the total land. Producers receive approximately 70 eny FOB for their micro batches. This year the harvest was extremely difficult for all producers with increased rainfall during the harvest and a shortage of pickers, which meant that large quantities of coffee were lost either by falling to the ground or by swelling and splitting on the tree.

This lot is processed with organic certification. The cherries are first washed and sorted according to ripeness. They are then placed in barrels without oxygen and allowed to ferment and macerate for 72hrs. The temperature in the barrel is maintained at around 22-25°C. The coffee is then moved to African beds where it is turned every hour. The drying time depends on the weather and is around 20-30 days.

All ML processing takes place at the Aruco mill to centralise the process and make it more controllable. This is to create consistent procedures but also to reduce risks for the producer. The mill is also located at 800m above sea level, which provides the dryer with a more stable climate for drying coffee compared to farms where the weather can be less predictable.

The coffee is primarily roasted on a filter.

Processing: natural

Cupping score: 87

Variety: Red Catuai

Altitude: 1300 m above sea level.

Location: Los Limos, Corquin, Copan

Cooperative:Norma Iris Fiallos

Flavour profile: dark chocolate - rum - passion fruit