Organic Green Coffee: Honduras, Copán

Profile

The coffee is mild, round and balanced and has a very soft, pronounced body and medium acidity as well as an elegant sweetness. Notes of dark chocolate, pecan nut, caramel and citrus fruits.

• Aroma: chocolate and pecan nut
• Flavour: dark chocolate, pecan nut, fine citrus note
• Aftertaste: caramel
• Sweetness: light
• Acidity: medium
• Body: smooth and silky

Origin

The coffee comes from the Ocotepeque region in western Honduras and is organically grown there. 

COCAMOL, the Cooperativa Cafetaleta Mercedes Ocotepequ Limitada was founded in 1997 with 21 founding members and has since grown to 51 members, 21 of whom are women. Providing women with good access to the market and a sustainable livelihood is still very important in many Latin American countries and anything but taken for granted. 

Through the cooperation in the Fair Trade and organic certified cooperative, the families have been able to increase the quality and the production volume of the coffee and have better access to the market, which is central to their living conditions. 

The coffee is cultivated at an altitude of 1300 to 1550 metres, which gives it the "Stricly Hard Bean" quality label. 

Current projects with the Fairtrade premium:

• Trainings to increase productivity
  -> The aim is to increase the household income of the farming families.
• Improvement of the warehouse to ensure a good storage of coffee.
• Acquisition of a small roasting plant for our own quality laboratory.
  -> The aim is to further increase the quality of the coffee and thus the prices for the farmers.
• Production of organic fertilizers to improve soil fertility
• Sales and marketing activities to increase sales volume under Fairtrade conditions

Roasting recommendation for Honduras SHB organic

We recommend a medium to dark (full city) roast to emphasize the nutty-chocolatey notes.

You can find roasting profiles for this bean in the knowledge section: for Gene Café, for Hottop Manual, for Hottop with Artisan and for Aillio Bullet R1 V2.

Packaging

The green coffee is delivered in a transparent and resealable 1kg or 5kg Ecotact fresh bag or in a 15kg bag-in-box.