Caballero El Puente #1
Region:
Honduras, Marcala, Chinacla
Manufacturer:
Marysabel Caballero & Moises Herrera
Farm/Station:
Caballero - Finca El Puente
Process:
Washed
Variety:
Catual
Altitude:
1650 m
Harvest:
2023
Supplier:
Nordic Approach
Profile:
Filter
Tasting Notes:
Light Chocolate, Lemongrass, Hazelnut
CUP Score: 84,5
Roaster's Notes:
Orkun Üstel
Kafein Kültür lovers, those who regularly buy quality coffee from us and brew it, I think, know our friendship with the Caballero family. 😊 El Puente is the fifth lot and third harvest we bought as Caballero coffee. Since I have been competing with the Gesha production of El Puente farm for years, the story of Finca El Puente production is also important to me. Even though we know how much Caballeros' natural coffees are loved in Turkey, their washed production has a special place in terms of taste! In terms of taste, Honduras Caballero El Puente is a price/performance coffee with a similar profile to its brother Caballero Amazonas from last year.
Marysabel and Moises are very sensitive to environmental sustainability in the production process. In their annual work, they devote a significant portion of their focus to improving the soil so that coffee trees can grow in good conditions. They have their own organic compost for this. If you would like to hear from the first person about their sensitivities during the production phase, you can access our interview with Marysabel Caballero from the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCzZ87jBCgc&t=807s Among the Caballero farms, their farm with brand status is Finca El Puente. Whether it’s their Instagram name or the fact that their prominent coffees are predominantly from Finca El Puente, the practices that form the basis of this concept. When Moises and Marysabel visited us last year, they told us that, as Moises mentioned, they would now announce the common name of a significant portion of the farms as El Puente as a brand. They have not yet fully switched to this branding, but we are likely to see most of the important harvests under the El Puente name in the coming harvests.
PROCESSING
OF COFFEE:
After the pickers collect the ripe cherries, the cherries are dried on raised beds covered with shade and begin to ferment. The total fermentation time takes between 20 and 40 days, depending on the weather conditions during the harvest period. Afterwards, the coffees are separated from the fermented shell layer, cleaned and filled into sacks.