Atitlán Honey

This beautiful, single-origin, single-variety, honey-processed coffee comes from our premier partner farm, Los Tarrales Natural Reserve in Patulul, Guatemala. This farm, with a family heritage of conservation dating back to the 1940s, is globally renowned for its diverse birdlife and indigenous fauna harmoniously intertwined with specialty coffee production.

Our Atitlán Honey coffee, a true gem in the world of specialty coffee, is a product of Los Tarrales's meticulous and caring amber honey process. This process imparts unique flavor characteristics that set it apart from the more common washed and natural coffees, offering an intriguing and exciting taste experience.

Honey process coffees produce exotic flavors when ripe coffee cherries are de-pulped and, depending on the intensity of flavors desired, processed as black, amber, or white honey coffees. These names refer to the color that the parchment around the bean takes and are created by the amount of mucilage left on the bean before it gets set out to dry. Black honeyed coffees will keep all the mucilage, while amber and white honey coffees will ferment in water to remove some, to most of the bean's mucilage before drying on raised beds or patios. Once dried, the outer layer of parchment is mechanically removed to unsheathe the green coffee beans, which have now been naturally infused with all kinds of exciting flavors by the sugars in the mucilage.

Medium roasts, such as the one used in our Atitlán Honey, are ideal for showcasing the complex flavors often found in honey-processed coffees. This amber-honey-processed red Caturra, ecologically cultivated in the fertile soils on the southern slopes of Volcano Atitlan, offers a clean cup with bright grape juice and natural cacao notes that will surely entice any coffee enthusiast.

Get ready to embark on a captivating sensory journey, deeply rooted in the conservation efforts of Los Tarrales Natural Reserve, with each sip of this exceptional coffee. This experience will engage your senses and leave you eager to explore more.

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