Mercedes Treasure, Honduras

From the mountain remote town of Mercedes in Ocotepeque, Honduras, we have a rare microlot grown in the region’s volcanic soils and at high elevation. Nestled in the mountains near the Honduras and El Salvador border,  this growing region has a unique cool climate that enables the coffees from this area develop slowly, allowing sweetness and complexity to shine. This natural-process lot highlights the rare character of Ocotepeque—clean, fruit-forward, and full of depth.

Flavor

The flavor profile for this coffee is naturally sweet and chocolatey.  At our cupping table, we initially tasted plum, fig, with a very slight hint of raspberry, then as it lingered on our tongue, delicious German chocolate cake came to the surface and stuck with us long after the finish.  

After cupping, we brewed this coffee with various immersion, percolation methods, and espresso, experimenting with a variety of dosing levels and found this coffee to be sweet with a chocolate finish using every brewing method. This coffee is very luxurious, it's easy to brew, delicious, and pairs extremely well with milk. 

Source

• Region: Mercedes, Ocotepeque, Honduras
• Cultivars: Parainema & Pacas
• Process: Natural (minimal intervention)
• Certification / Sourcing: CAFESMO specialty microlot program

Flavors

• German chocolate cake
• Raspberry
• Plum 
• Fig