ORIGIN INFORMATION
Grower
Cafés Especiales Corquin
Variety
Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Ihcafe-90, Lempira, and Parainema
Region
Copán, Lempira, and Ocotepeque, Honduras
Harvest
November - March
Altitude
1200-1700 meters
Process
Washed
Certifications
Organic
“The success starts with a well-defined plan for centralizing the collective efforts of more than 400 member-producers. With a centralized wet-mill designed to receive cherries from all of its members, processing consistency is stellar. The mill floats cherries using recycled water to remove less dense and damaged beans before depulping. After depulping, coffee is washed with a demucilager, which uses very little water. Washed parchment is placed on patios to pre-dry and then mechanically dried in horizontal dryers called guardiolas. Furnaces burn recycled coffee parchment to heat the guardiolas.”