Introduction to El Puente Farm, Honduras COE Champion

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A Partnership Since 2004

Since 2004, Stumptown has worked with the husband-and-wife team of Marysabel Caballero and Moises Herrera at El Puente.

Marysabel Caballero is a vibrant and enterprising woman who owns Pantanal Farm in the La Piedrona community. Born and raised on a coffee farm, she spent her childhood working alongside her father through every stage of production.

A Family Legacy in Coffee

As a fourth-generation coffee farmer, Marysabel's bond with coffee is inseparable from her family's history. The family's cultivation dates back to around 1907, when her great-grandfather began growing coffee in Honduras. Moises Herrera entered the trade as an employee of a Guatemalan coffee exporter. On a visit to Honduras in 1992, he spotted a stretch of land in the city of Chinacla with the altitude and conditions ideal for producing high-quality coffee. The couple married in 1996 and together planted their first farm, La Maltide.

Processing Method

Stumptown's Honduras El Puente lot undergoes washed processing. The coffee ferments for 16-24 hours and is then thoroughly washed with water from nearby natural sources, before being dried on raised beds in the sun or in mechanical dryers.

Recognition and Achievement

El Puente won the Honduras COE competition in 2016 with an outstanding score of 91.7.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If the clarity and structure of a carefully executed washed coffee is what draws you to a lot like El Puente, FrontStreet Coffee's washed lineup is a natural next step. The FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Gediding Cooperative is a village-level washed coffee that shows off jasmine florals and bright citrus acidity, with green tea and honey notes emerging after a light-medium roast. For a more intensely juicy expression of the same process, the FrontStreet Kenya Cherry Tomato relies on a classic double-wash to build layered notes of cherry tomato, smoked plum, snow pear, and black plum.

Both beans work across pour-over, cold brew, and espresso, making them an easy way to compare how washed processing shapes flavor from one origin to the next. A small Guangzhou roastery with a wide range of beans, FrontStreet Coffee also sells online at https://shop104210103.taobao.com.