Crisp citrus aromas are followed by a deeply sweet cup with notes of caramel and redcurrant

Washed Parainema

Sagastume

The Sagastume family have been involved in coffee in Santa Barbara for generations, long before the recent recognition of the potential of the area. The family have worked hard to earn their place in the speciality coffee market, through tireless research and savvy investment, and actively seeking out opportunities. Pedro Sagastume is the head of the family, and as he grows older, he has begun to split the family’s land between his sons Yeltsin, Yerin and Heyvis. Coffee production is still a family effort; all of the picked cherry is still processed at the wet mill next to the family home. This Parainema was grown on one of the plots managed by Yeltsin, harvested in April of 2022. 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. 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.

This lot is very fresh and bright with aromatic citrus and crisp redcurrant balanced by an intense caramel sweetness. We have tasted several lots from the Sagastume family in recent years, and have been consistently impressed. This year, we have also been able to purchase a small lot of SL28 from the Sagastumes, and hope to continue our collaboration into the upcoming harvest.