Finca el Guaco 250g

This is the first time we buy coffee from Angel, but I have known him since 2009 as he was the one facilitating my first visit to Jobneel’s farms Nacimiento and Cielito Lindo. Angel’s family are the owners of San Vicente, a coffee export company in Pena Blanca, Santa Barbara. They are famous for connecting farmers in their community with roasters, and for bringing some of the best coffees in Honduras to the market.

Angel has been working at San Vicente as quality control manager for many years and his passion for coffee is evident not only in his daily work but also when it comes to coffee farming. His farm el Guaco is located right next to Jobneel’s farm Finca el Vikingo, in el Sauce, Santa Barbara. Here Angel is growing a few different cultivars and he has a small and neat setup for fermenting, washing and processing his coffees.

Last year he told me that he had built new raised beds placed under shade at the family mill in Pena Blanca where he is drying all his coffees. This was the last thing he was lacking in order to be able to offer us coffee as he has known for many years that we prefer to buy coffees that are slowly dried in shade as it keeps the green coffee tasting fresh for a longer time.

I was really excited and honoured that Angel wanted to offer us his coffee as there are many buyers who would like to buy his coffees. In my opinion this Maracaturra was one of the best coffees we bought last year and I am so happy that there was enough of it so we are able to send it out to our subscribers. Expect a complex coffee with floral, zesty and tropical fruit notes.