Colibri – Honduras
Strong sweetness with well-balanced acidity and a rounded body. Dark fruity notes with tones of caramel, chocolate, vanilla, and hazelnut.
Pacavita, Honduras, nestled in rich natural reserves, offers ideal conditions for coffee. Producers Silvestre Vasquez and Joel Lopez maintain high quality, with Silvestre expanding to higher altitudes and Joel's family legacy spanning generations. Their farms yield Bourbon, Caturra, and Catuai varieties across 67 hectares.
Micro-lot of a Single Variety
PRODUCER INFORMATION
Hector Ventura has a 2.5-acre farm called El Naranjo in the community of Tapuiman. He lives in the nearby community of Sisiguara with his wife and 3 children. In prior years, Hector has sold his family’s coffee in cherry to the local middleman. For the last three years he has been working with Catracha Coffee. During this time, he has improved his farm management practices using lime to control the pH of his soil, fertilizing with organic compost, and spraying organic fungicides to control levels of leaf rust.
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Tapuiman is a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz. The economy of Honduras is based mostly on agriculture, which accounts for 14% of its GDP in 2013. Leading export is coffee, which accounted for 22% of total Honduran export revenues. Honduras is the largest producer and exporter of coffee in Central America. The growing conditions in Honduras are similar to those in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
VARIETY INFORMATION
Producer: Hector Ventura, Finca El Naranjo
Region: Tapuiman, Santa Elena, La Paz, Honduras
Variety: Catuaí - 3000 plants – 6-8 years old
Process: Honey: depulped and dried in the sun on elevated tables.
Altitude: 1,600 meters ASL (5,249ft)
Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium
