Tasting Notes:
Lemonade, tropical fruit, fresh florals , cocoa powder.
Acidity & Brightness: Pleasantly bright and sweet
Balance & Finish: Good balance with a quick, clean finish
Body & Texture: Rich body and creamy texture
Grade: SHG-EP, grown at 1750 masl
Certifications: Direct trade, Organic & Bird friendly
Processing: Anaerobic red cherry - cherries are first fermented in grainpro bags for seven hours, then transferred to fermentation barrels, where they're anaerobically fermented for twelve hours. Then partially depulped and allowed to dry on raised African beds.
Grower: De La Finca Coffee | Finca la Esmeralda
Region: La Sampedrana, Comayagua, Honduras
Varietals: Caturra & Typica
This coffee is direct trade - straight from one of De La Finca’s family farms, Finca La Esmeralda. There are several Anaerobic Natural coffees from La Esmeralda which have been among our favorites, but we have yet to feature their other processes. Well we can finally complete the collection with a fresh harvest of red honey and fully washed offerings!
This Anaerobic Red Honey lot was hand selected from their caturra and typica harvest specifically for honey processing in order to offer a cup balanced between the intensity of natural and the smooth cleanliness of fully washed. Thanks to their light touch with the “anaerobic” piece of the puzzle, the cup is still super clean, full bodied and creamy. What the process adds is extra sweetness in the form of juicy tropical fruit. Not as intense as the natural but more pronounced than the fully washed. It’s a great way to add a splash of fun to your daily driver!