Caught on a Kitchen Workout – Sample

While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are an espresso machine, Aeropress & moka pot.

Head over to our brew guides for making coffee for more.

All of our coffees come to us from small farms and estates. This means that when a coffee has been harvested, processed and drunk, it has gone for good.

With our other coffees, we aim to swap coffee every 8-12 months. With this limited edition, this will change more frequently, most likely every 3-4 months.  The coffees available as limited editions will be interesting and diverse in flavour to each other and will not necessarily follow a pattern of flavour.

If you are looking to try new coffees every few months or so, then this could be for you.

Honduras is now one of the largest exporters of specialty coffee in the world, and the largest coffee producer in Central America.

Oropendulas, who produced this particular coffee under the watchful eye of the experienced Moises Sosa, are a collective made up of seven farms situated between 1,000 and 2,000 metres above sea level in the El Paraiso region of the country.

Coffee harvested in this part of Honduras, which is actually the highest region, is washed and then fermented for a day before being allowed to dry on sun-kissed patios and raised beds.

Benefiting from the most significant growth in export volume after the emergence of specialty coffee, Honduras is essentially raising coffee farmers to cultivate only the finest coffee so that it meets specialty standards, rather than adapting tried and tested approaches to try and suit the changing demands.

To determine the quality score of a coffee, a process known as cupping is used. Trained tasters known as Q graders will taste the coffee and score it dependant on a number of factors. A score of 80 points or higher is required to gain a speciality title. If it scores lower, it doesn’t make the grade. Fancy giving it a go? Read our guide about coffee cupping to learn more.

When we roast our coffees, we like to bring out and enhance their natural, amazing flavours. We don’t over roast any of our coffees, so we avoid any burnt or bitter tastes. The coffees that we roast are full of many natural flavours, it would be a shame to mask these or turn them into bitterness.

Some of our coffees will be very sweet and creamy, and others will be delicate and almost tea-like. We are thankful for the hard work and care that the coffee farmers put into growing these beans and want to do them proud when we roast their beans. We always aim to find a great selection of coffees and flavours that stand out from the rest.

Roast Style: Medium

Location: El Paraiso – Honduras

Varietal(s): IHCAFE 90, Lempira, Parainema

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 1,000 – 2,000 metres above sea level

Country: Honduras

Certification: Specialty

Producer: Oropendulas

Score: 83

What does this all mean? Check out our Jargon Buster.

The coffees that we choose are ethically sourced from small farms or single estates around the world. We purchase the best coffee and pay much more than the going rate price to the farmers – so when you buy coffee from us, you are in turn, helping the farmers. In fact, we pay between 30 and 150% more than the ‘going rate’ for coffee beans. This supports the farmers in their crop, their development and also ensures they have sufficient living conditions for them and their families.

We also keep the chain between the farmers and us as short as possible. A shorter chain means more of the money will make it to the farmer and their workers to spend on next years crops. So, all in all, buying one bag of coffee can make such a difference – thank you!

What do you get upto in your kitchen? Some people like to have a private workout where they think nobody is watching. Unfortunately, someone is always watching…!