Honduras Marcala - Manos de Mujer

Tasting notes: Praline, cocoa & pomegranate

Grower: Women producers members of Asociación de Productores Orgánicos Café Organico Marcala, S.A. (APROCOMSA)

Altitude: 1200 – 1700 masl

Variety: Catuai, Icatu, Ihcafe 90, and Catimor

Soil: Clay minerals

Region: Marcala, La Paz

Process: Fully washed and dried on patios and elevated tables inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain

Harvest: December - March

Certification: Fair Trade (FT-FLO) | ORGANIC

Coffee broker: Royal Coffee https://royalcoffee.com/

Sourcing Details:

Here is one of those rare opportunities where all that is good about coffee intersect.  Simply a trifecta of: organic farm management practices; traceable to a woman producer in the Marcala region, a protected designation of origin (DENOMINACION DE ORIGEN CAFE DE MARCALA); and a meticulous post-harvest processing standard.  It all starts with a concept called Finca Humana (the Human Farm) at Asociación de Productores Orgánicos Café Organico Marcala, S.A. (APROCOMSA), where the well-being of humans is the core objective, and educating more than 1,500 producer-members to successfully live in harmony with nature is everywhere.  At La Fortaleza, the COMSA biodynamic demonstration farm, the focus of transferring knowledge takes place through week-long seminars called Pata de Chucho (pawprints left by a stray dog), which aptly reveals COMSA’s dogged exploration for human productivity in harmony with nature.  The trailblazing ideas for using organic matter to productively cultivate high-quality coffee are only a sliver of what COMSA teaches about the power of nature through the Finca Humana philosophy.  COMSA dedicates funding from the proceeds of coffee sales to run a cutting-edge international school dedicated to filling children’s minds with possibility, and training them to be the future leaders of Finca Humana.