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chocolate fudge brownie
honey nougat
dulche de leche
tropical juice
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Lempira, Western Honduras
Varietal: Red Catuai, Bourbon, Pacas, Lempira, IHCAFE 90
Processing: Fully Washed
Altitude: 1400 - 1750 MASL
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Honduras La Navi coffee comes from various smallholder farms, primarily in the Lempira region of Western Honduras, a major coffee-growing area. This fully washed, patio dried coffee is a delicous blend of Lempira, Red Catuaí, Bourbon, Pacas and IHCAFE 90 varieties grown at high altitude. It is composed of small lots from producers Emiliano Reyes (El Cungual), Mariano de Jesús Ramírez (Quezaquire), Kellton Obed Urrutia Trejo (Las Minas), José Lázaro Pacheco Serrano (La Chorrera), and Juan Pascual (El Ocotal).
Prior to 1900, coffee was essentially a garden crop in Honduras, grown on small lots of land and traded within the country for internal consumption. Less than 10 percent of the coffee harvested was exported in 1894. By 1900, exports had more than doubled, but banana was still king. A decline in banana production over the decades coincided with a slow but steady growth in coffee production. Today, Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America, exporting more than 5 million bags last year, and is one of the largest exporters of specialty grade coffee.
We find this coffee to be delicately flavoured as a filter, but really comes into it's own brewed as espresso, with big fudgy chocolate, caramelised milk, nougat and tropicl notes shining through as a black, and as a white, rich chocolate and caramel.
