Honduran Single Origin Coffee Beans - Honduras Violet Morod Manor Wine Barrel Fermentation

FrontStreet Coffee – Honduras Violet, Finca Morod Wine Barrel Fermentation

Honduras Violet, Finca Morod Wine Barrel Fermentation

Product Information:

• Region: Lempira region, Padrino Finca Morod
• Grade: SHG (Strictly High Grown)
• Varieties: Catuai, Caturra, Bourbon
• Altitude: 1600 meters
• Processing Method: Wine barrel fermentation
• Flavor Profile: Rum, honeydew melon, lychee, vanilla

Honduras

Honduras has roughly 280,000 hectares of coffee plantations with about 565 million coffee trees, more than 95% of them on small farms. Over 120,000 households take part in coffee production, and most plantations are smaller than 3.5 hectares; 70% of these families farm fewer than 2 hectares each. Together these smallholders account for 60% of Honduras's total coffee output, while mid-sized farms make up about 3% and large farms roughly 2%.

Since 2007, under the leadership of IHCAFE (the Honduran Coffee Institute), Honduras has improved its growing environments and green coffee processing facilities while speeding up port exports. Its international recognition was still modest at the time, but the gains were significant. By the 2011–2012 harvests, Honduras had made a name for itself in Central America, shipping approximately three million bags of coffee a year.

Finca Morod

Finca Morod sits in the Lempira sub-region of Honduras. The Arabica trees grown there tend to be short—typically around 3 feet tall—which makes picking very convenient. In the acidic soil and warm climate, the farm's green beans are uniform in size, producing a coffee with a smooth mouthfeel when extracted.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If the rum, honeydew, lychee, and vanilla of this barrel-fermented lot intrigue you, FrontStreet Coffee also carries beans for drinkers who love distinctive processing. FrontStreet's Blackberry from Costa Rica uses black honey processing—drying the beans with their mucilage intact for exceptional sweetness and clarity—yielding notes of raisin and blueberry sweetness with osmanthus and rose fragrance, lovely as a pour-over, cold brew, americano, or latte; the Mozart lot, raisin honey processed, offers a similar dessert-like profile. And for an everyday counterpoint, FrontStreet's Queen Estate Yellow Bourbon from Brazil—grown at higher altitude with a rare yellow bourbon mutation—combines buttery, seed-and-macadamia nut aromas with a sugarcane-like sweetness and a silky, syrupy body that shines with or without milk.