Finca El Puente, Marcala, Honduras 12 oz.

The Coffee... El Puente is referred to as "The Purple Princess" because its perfume and silkiness seem feminine and regal, and the aromas and flavors of the cup - lavender, plum, grape, incense - all seem purple.  Marysabel Caballero, who runs the farm with her husband Moises Herrera, is known as “La Dama del Café” in Honduras.  This coffee’s fame is richly deserved: its layer upon layer of perfumed complexity and sweet intensity are evidence of perfectly ripe picking and immaculate processing.

The Farm... The farm is geographically diverse, with canyons, groves, and streams surrounding the mountain where the coffee is planted. Each of these areas makes up a little coffee microclimate, and the beans that come from each small area taste slightly different.

Perennial Winner...  Marysabel's family had been growing coffee in Marcala for generations, and Moises had learned about coffee growing while working for others in Guatemala and Honduras. They dedicated themselves to producing the highest-quality coffee they could, and when they heard about the first coffee quality contests in Honduras, they naturally entered the coffee they had so lovingly grown. Right away, their coffee started to win prizes in these contests, and coffee from their farm, called Finca El Puente, began a winning streak that is unparalleled in coffee history; this coffee placed at the top of every coffee contest it ever entered.