5/29/2023 0 Comments We outside sidetalk![]() Through the wrought iron fences, you could see young women with wooden rakes turning the coffee on their small patios. As we neared closer to Santa Rosa, one could see coffee cherries out drying on every home patio. ![]() The roads were smooth and well-maintained as we traverse through the small towns and hillsides. We continued on the highways, headed west to Santa Rosa. Specialty lots are processed at a smaller BICAFE dry mill in Santa Rosa, which would be the next stop in our travels. The Global Coffee mill will process larger lots of regional Honduran coffees. He owns his own roastery and additional micro mill where he processes small specialty lots. George, the mill manager, has been in coffee his whole life. The mill was clean and compact in size, for the scale of coffee it processes. The first mill that was visited was the Global Coffee dry mill outside of San Pedro Sula, which processes up to 8 containers of coffee per day. The second day of the trip was a long day of travel westward to the Lempira department, with visits to two dry mills along the way to help break up the long travel. Claudia approaches coffee processing with a scientific method and a goal of excellence. The processing team, led by Claudia, keeps meticulous records of each fermentation project, including exactly which farms were included, what varieties were used, and the exact details of the method. These LIFT clusters are able to select the perfect cherry for processing in yellow honey, red honey, and through anaerobic fermentations. Guinope is a very established LIFT cluster, where coffee is bought as cherry and processed by trained Mercon technicians. The cupping featured the freshest coffees from the LIFT clusters of Guinope (in the southwestern corner of the country) and Marcala (northwest of Guinope, directly west of Tegucigalpa). Our trip began with a cupping hosted by the Mercon quality team at the Mercon office. ![]() It is a short drive from the San Pedro Sula airport to the Mercon Honduras offices. The journey in Honduras starts with landing at the small airport in San Pedro Sula, which sits along the northern Atlantic shore. Immerse yourself as she shares her journey through an amazing coffee origin. From the moment she arrived, she knew she was entering a magical place full of fascinating coffee stories and traditions. Mercon Specialty's Sales Executive, Emily Smith visited Honduras earlier this month and had a truly transformative experience.
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