Dune Coffee Roasters
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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.
Pineapple
Cocoa
Meat-like
Type
Single Origin
Origin
El Cedral, Honduras
Species
Arabica
Varieties
Pacas
Process
Washed
Altitude
1500m
Producer
Marlon, Reynaldo, and William Guzman