Honduras – Frutos Rojos

Cup Profile: Medium body, red fruits, grape, honey and brown sugar
Location: Lempira, Celaque 
Altitude: 1400 m.a.s.l
Variety: Catuai, Pacas & Ihcafe 90
Process: Washed, Patio Dried

Roast profile: City+

This is a specialty grade coffee. Judged by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), this coffee was rewarded 86.5 points. Coffees with points over 80 are considered a specialty grade coffee.

The unique flavors of Honduras Frutos Rojos come from a high-quality blend of beans from the remote region of Celaque where the blend is produced by small farmers who carefully cultivated them following organic and Rainforest Alliance practices.

With tasting notes of red fruits, grape, honey, and brown sugar, this coffee offers a bright, fruit-forward profile balanced by a natural sweetness.

Honduras Frutos Rojos is sourced from the mountainous Celaque region in Lempira, one of the most remote and least developed areas of Honduras. This high-altitude area, named after the Celaque National Park which boasts the country’s highest peak at 2,849 meters, provides a unique microclimate ideal for growing exceptional coffee.  It is on the western most corner of Honduras bordering Guatemala and El Salvador within the departments of Lempira, Ocotepeque and Copan on the Sierra Celaque mountain range.

The climate in Celaque is notably dry, allowing for traditional patio drying, a rarity in Honduras.

The Frutos Rojos blend is curated from the highest-scoring lots in the region, delivering an exquisite cup with tasting notes of red fruits, grape, honey, and brown sugar.