Coffee Of The Week
Honduras Santa Elena Micro-Lot Ernesto Vásquez
The last weekend of September we were out of town for a wedding in Colorado, up at Vail Pass. As you can imagine, the aspens were glowing, and the setting could not have been more majestic. The wedding site looked out across a golden valley to bare mountains in shades of grey, and the bride and groom completed the picture standing in front of an arch of flowers. Congratulations Justin and Paige!
The kids and I also had the chance to hang out with my sister and her family, and the cousins had a lot of fun together. We spent one day in Rocky Mountain National Park, taking short hikes as thunderstorms passed overhead. It snowed on us at the summit, but that didn’t stop us from seeing and hearing elk bugling, and watching a marmot among the rocks.
I’m sending this newsletter late, because on Friday I left work early. We had another wedding to attend–an employee this time. Check back next week for a few pics of that event. Lots of folks were in town, and it was such fun to celebrate together!
This week we have a micro-lot coffee for you. This Honduras Santa Elena Ernesto Vásquez comes from the department of La Paz, to the far west of Honduras, near the border with El Salvador. Sr. Vásquez has a 3.5 acre farm, which he has been improving as part of a partnership with Catracha Coffee. Catracha Coffee is a social enterprise started by Mayra Orellana-Powell to fulfill her dream of impacting farmers in the area where she was born and raised: Santa Elena, La Paz, Honduras. Find their website here to read more about the work they are doing.
According to our broker, Sr. Vásquez, “has improved his farm management practices using lime to control the pH of his soil, fertilizing with organic compost, and spraying organic fungicides to control levels of leaf rust. These actions have improved the health of his farm and the quality of his coffee production. Ernesto has learned to process coffee using his own micro-mill so that he can depulp, ferment and dry his coffee before delivering it to Catracha Coffee. With profits from the sale of his micro-lots the past few years, he was able to add raised drying beds at the farm and build a house for his oldest daughter.”
These details have created a beautiful cup of coffee. In the cup it tastes of apricots, caramel, and cacao nibs. It’s sweet and delicious. You can try a cup on us with the code below. Enjoy your week, and thank you for your patience with the irregularity of this newsletter. Sometime life gets in the way. Cheers!
–Holly Fike
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