
Kiss the Hippo Coffee - Honduras Jerusalen
Description: Unique and Interesting
Tasting Notes: Wild Strawberry, Peach, Jammy
Acidity: 4
Body: 4
Recommended for espresso and filters.
Producer | Victorio Cruz |
Farm/Mill |
Jerusalén
|
Cultivar | Red Catuai & Typica |
Process | Anaerobic Natural |
Location | Guajiquiro |
Altitude |
1,700 masl
|
Harvest | February - April |
Don Victorio resides in Guajiquiro Honduras, this area is home to the Lenca "people of the jaguar" , the largest indigenous community in Honduras.
This Anaerobic Natural process isn’t the usual fermentation heavy style, expect florals alongside juicy red and stone fruit. Showcasing the terroir of this wonderful region.
Victorio and his family have grown coffee for 50 years since 1980, they have maintained the oldest coffee varieties in the country even with the impact of rust that caused great losses and their only alternative was to seek technical assistance to improve the nutrition of the farmers. soils through organic and foliar fertilizers that are friendly to the environment.
Over time they decided to make changes in their facilities to improve the process of fermentation, washing and drying of coffee involving the whole family, once with the coffee in a dry parchment state they looked for information to participate in the cup of excellence and managed to be in the top one of the best 10 coffee samples, 4th place in cup of excellence in 2011 that year the effort of the Cruz Mendoza family was reflected.