
Honduras
Erin Moreno
Washed Parainema
This Washed Parainema is driven by crisp acidity, with fresh citrus balanced by an intense sugary sweetness.
Erin’s whole family work in coffee, he inherited his land from his father, Pedro.
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Erin Moreno - Coffee expression
A fruity & acidic coffee
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$22.00
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$22.00
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A sweet and fresh washed Parainema, produced by Erin Moreno in the Santa Barbara region of Honduras
Honduras
Erin Moreno
The Moreno family have been growing excellent quality coffee for years. Erin’s father, Pedro, was one of the first producers to enter the specialty coffee market in Santa Barbara. Erin inherited his plot of the farm from Pedro, initially planted with Catimor. However, after witnessing the success of Parainema on other parts of the farm, Erin chose to replant the entire plot soon after he took over.


This Washed Parainema is driven by crisp acidity, with fresh citrus balanced by an intense sugary sweetness.
Parainema
Parainema is a native Honduran varietal, created in response to a nematode outbreak in the mid 80’s. The Honduran Coffee Institute carefully selected from strains of Sarchimor hybrids, looking for nematode resistance, while maintaining positive attributes in the cup and a degree of disease resistance. We feel the varietal characteristics are clear here, with fresh herbal aromas followed by a crisp and juicy acidity.
This lot was follows a traditional washed protocol de-pulped, fermented and washed carefully, before 14 days of drying on raised beds.
Washed process
The washed process has highlighted this acidity, while maintaining the sweet and creamy character. The herbal notes soften into an almost tea-like dryness in the finish, bringing an excellent balance to the cup. This lot was process using a washed process; de-pulped, fermented for 20 hours and washed carefully, before 14 days of drying on raised beds underneath plastic solar drying tunnels.
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Honduras
Beneficio San Vicente
We have been impressed with many Honduran lots over the last few years, but especially over the past couple of seasons. Quality seems to be improving at a very high rate, partly thanks to the work of visionaries like Benjamin Paz and his company Beneficio San Vicente in helping producers to realise the quality of their coffees, and connecting them to like-minded roasters. The Santa Barbara region provides some challenges to those hoping to grow high quality coffee. It stretches from the border with Guatemala into the central highlands, home to some of the highest altitude in the country.
Santa Barbara also sits close to a large area of jungle, leading to high humidity and a great deal of rainfall, especially during harvest season, which creates great difficulty in consistently drying coffees. The low night temperatures here, along with the wet climate, can also lead to ‘freezing’ of the coffee plant, where cherries cease to mature on the tree, leading to crop loss. However, all of these challenges only serve to strengthen the resolve of the farmers here, and the vast majority of Honduran Cup of Excellence winners have come from Santa Barbara since the inception of the competition here in 2005.
Technical Data
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Producer
Erin Moreno -
Region
Santa Barbara -
Altitude
1480 masl -
Varietal
Parainema -
Process
Washed -
Harvest
April 2022
Washed Process
The washed process involves completely removing both the cherry and the mucilage from the outside of the parchment with the use of friction, fermentation and water. After being harvested, the coffee cherry is then sliced open by either a metal or a sharp plastic blade.
The two seeds (also known as beans) are pushed out of the cherry, which leaves the seed with mucilage as their outermost layer. It is essential in the washed process that all mucilage is removed from the seed which leaves only the flavour that developed in the cell structure of the seed prior to processing.
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