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Honduras La Joya Natural

Honduras La Joya Natural

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The COMSA FTO co-op has a few thousand farmers, and they all pool their coffee together and get paid well for their contributions to the harvest. but the quality each year was declining as more and more farmers joined the co-op, so COMSA started a cupping competition to improve quality. The farmers with the winning coffee get to sell their coffee as a microlot at auction.

This is a natural processed coffee, and so it doesn't taste anything like a regular Honduras coffee. The first cracks start late and last much longer than you would expect. So we actually are breaking the rules and pulling the coffee out of the roaster before the cracks end, and it's not creating a raw or sour taste. The undertones lean towards the savory side. My first thought was barbeque sauce because it has a bit of a smoky tangy thing going on, but its probably more like a mcintosh apple and brown sugar.  As espresso, it is creamy and fruity and tart, like a cranberry.

Because it has both savory and sweet components, this coffee is particularly interesting to drink and altogether pleasant. It has a medium body and fruity aroma. One of our favorite coffees every year.

US Arrival July 2023