Honduras Parainema

Producer Hildaly Leiva of the San Vincente farm grew just a couple bags of this varietal called Parainema! It is a really long slender coffee bean, and it seems to only grow well in Honduras. It's my favorite varietal of Honduran coffee and it's still pretty hard to find, but it is starting to gain traction among farmers there. The taste profile is quite distinct, characterized by strong floral flavor and really creamy mouthfeel.

We like it quite a bit -- it has all the markings of a special coffee, and is particularly complex considering that it is a Honduran export, and the long slender beans are cool to see.

I roast this like a medium roast Colombia. Just a right on the verge of a couple snaps of early 2nd cracks and I let it out of the roaster. I'm getting an intensely floral, creamy-smooth mug of coffee with hints of citrus, apple. It almost tastes underroasted even though it isn't. The floral, rose, meadowy tastes could potentially be confused with the grassy notes of an underdeveloped coffee; but this one tastes that way naturally. It's quite pleasant and special, lest you think I'm trying to talk you out of it, I'm not -- just don't accidentally over roast it because you thought the floral notes were a roasting mistake. You can take it into the 2nd cracks where it’s bold and rich but not charcoal (in thanks to the high altitude it’s grown at) but it's not special there.

US Arrival July 2023