HOB | HONDURAS OCOTEPEQUE BELEN GUALCHO
Classic Profile | Medium roast
Tasting Notes: Caramel, Black Tea, Roasted Almond
IT ALL STARTS AT THE COFFEE FARM
The village of Belen Gualcho is in the eastern corner of Ocotepeque, in the foothills of Cerro Las Minas, the highest mountain in Honduras.
This area is super ideal for coffee growing: it has high humidity in the mornings and it’s dry and hot in the afternoons.
Belen is known for great vegetables, as well as great coffee - and a lot of people who live around there travel to their farmer’s market on the weekends.
TRACEABILITY
COUNTRY
Honduras
PRODUCER
Belén Gualcho
REGION
Ocotepeque
VARIETAL
Typica, Caturra
PROCESSING
Washed
ALTITUDE
1600 meters
DID YOU KNOW
Honduras is one of the largest coffee producers in Latin America. In 2020, production of green coffee in the Central American country was more than 5.1 million 60-kilogram bags.
PRICE TRANSPARENCY
$2.75
Price paid by Driftaway (per pound avg. across this months coffees)
$1.40
Fair Trade price per pound
$1.42
Coffee C-Market price per pound
$0.05
Driftaway's World Coffee Research contribution per pound
This coffee travelled 5,432 miles to the Driftaway Coffee roastery in Queens.
Love the coffee? You can share your compliments & tasting observations with the farmers.
WHY DID WE SELECT THIS COFFEE?
We purchased this coffee from Finca Terrerito, who have an importing business for their own farm, but also buy coffees from local farmers.
Aldemo Lopez from Finca T. was introduced to Don Jesus Mata in 2018, and was able to taste coffees from both his farm and neighboring farms. He liked it so much that he’s been connecting roasters to this group of producers ever since.
AVERAGE CUPPING SCORE
86.25
/100
86.25
SCAA Cupping Score
25 x 69 kg
Bags purchased
2 years
Length of producer relationship
100% (in 2020)
Transparent coffees purchased
HOW DID WE ROAST THIS COFFEE?
This coffee is being roasted by Ian T. from 20th June to 14th July in Long Island City, Queens. We typically use the Loring Kestrel roaster for this profile. We have strict guidelines for each of the coffee profiles, and this roast has to pass the development time ratio test as measured in real-time by the roasting software, Cropster. Once it does, it is approved for production.
QUALITY CONTROL
We perform Quality Control via a process of coffee tasting called cupping on all of our production roasts once a week from home as per our Covid-19 shelter in place guidelines. Each cupping is conducted by our roasting staff Kieran D. and Ian T. using standard equipment, and is logged by our Q-certified cupper Ian T. All coffees are evaluated on a scoring scale of 0 to 3.
- 3.0 = exceptional roast - exceeds expectations
- 2.5 = on par with profile - matches expectations
- 2.0 = good roast, but 1 or 2 elements could be improved - needs improvement
- 1.5 or lower = failed - do not ship
AT YOUR HOME
Brew this coffee with your favorite home brewer and enjoy the taste of incredible coffee! Here are a few tips on how to make the best coffee on each brewer.
View other posts about how to make better coffee at home on our blog Coffeecademy.
