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We were first introduced to the Guzman family of Urpania and her three sons Marlon, Reynaldo, and William in 2019, when we visited our friend Benjamin Paz at Beneficio San Vicente in Honduras. When we cupped this coffee, we were surprised to find that these coffees had arrived at the mill just a few days before our arrival. Urpania’s three sons, who are in their mid-twenties, have been working on their plots of land for about five years now, with 2019 being the first year they were able to produce enough fruit to harvest. Along with Benjamin’s support, the Guzmans have invested in their producing abilities in and around their farms, with the goal of improving consistency and quality. Urpania shared with us about how she had insisted years ago to keep ownership of the land in her family, so that her sons would be able to work their own land and not have to work for someone else. Now, her sons have been able to increase and improve their coffee production, as well as purchasing new, exceptional plots of land to grow more coffee plants on. We have the privilege of sharing this lot from land that is worked jointly between Urpania’s sons. In the cup, we find sweetness and balanced acidity, with flavors that remind us of toffee and milk chocolate. We experience a softer fruit profile like that of apricot, and a texture and finish like that of a high-quality black tea.

Black Tea

Apricot

Toffee

Type

Single Origin

Origin

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El Cedral, Honduras

Species

Arabica

Varieties

Pacas

Process

Washed

Altitude

1500m

Producer

Marlon, Reynaldo, and William Guzman

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