Scarlet Macaw

Roast: Medium

Origin: Honduras

Varietal: Lempiras, Caturra, Catuai, IHCAFE 90

Process: Washed

Tasting: velvety, chocolate, caramel

Recommended for: breakfast coffee - great with bacon, eggs, oatmeal. Blends well with milk.

Behind the Beans

The Scarlet Macaw is the striking national bird of Honduras, the origin of this delicious coffee.

We're temporarily featuring a new-to-us supplier for our Scarlet Macaw. These beans come from the western part of Honduras, Pacavita, which is surrounded by biological reserves and mountain ranges. The rainy season there results in beautiful cherries, and the clear dry season during harvest allows producers to sun dry coffees
once they are washed. The high-altitude weather, rich clay soil, and warm sun ensure that the integrity and quality of the beans is preserved from start to finish.

Two primary producers contributed to this lot, Silvestre Vasquez and Joel Lopez. Silvestre is always pushing for a better quality and has expanded his farm into higher altitudes of a mountain called Pico Congolon which is surrounded by the Reserva Biologica de Opalaca and Reserva Biologica Volcan Pacavita. Joel Lopez is a fourth-generation coffee producer. He runs the farm Los Lesquines, where his family began growing coffee in 1865. The farm produces mainly Bourbon, Caturra and Catuai varieties, with a total of 67 hectares in production.

Grind Types Explained

Whole Bean