YOLANDA URREA
Honduras
Chuťový profil: čučoriedky, papája, škorica a mliečna čokoláda
Yolanda owns the farm el Triunfo, which is located in the las Pacayas area of Corquin, Copan. Yolanda manages her farm with the help of her husband and her three sons who are all studying agronomy. The farm is pure red catuai, which Yolanda prefers for it’s great production and good cup quality. The farm is only small, at two hectares, and most of that is native forest and shade trees, since Yolanda believes that the key to the quality of her coffee is in the synergy of coffee with the rest of the environment.
Yolanda and her husband, Luis, manage the farms together and biodiversity is central to their approach. They have a variety of different fruit trees and native trees that attract all sorts of wildlife from birds to wild cats. On the farm they grow vegetables and raise cows, which they use the manure from to fertilise the farm. Although it’s not certified, Yolanda and Luis manage their farms biodynamically.
All the processing for the ML’s takes place at the Aruco mill to centralise and have greater control over the process to create consistent procedures but also to reduce the risk on the producer. The mill is also at 800 masl which gives a drier more stable climate to dry the coffee compared to up at the farms where the weather can be less predictable.
The coffee will be delivered to the mill where they assess the cherry (take Brix) and decide on the process for the coffees depending on space and what the producer has done already. The cherry is cleaned and washed and then floated to remove any immatures. The coffee is then taken to the beds where it is dried for between 20 -30 days weather depending where it is turned hourly.
14.50€
YOLANDA URREA ARIRTA
Honduras
| Cultivar | Parainema |
| Process | Natural |
| Flavour notes | Blueberry, papaya, cinnamon and milk chocolate |
| Producer | Yolanda Urrea Arita |
| Region | Las Pacayas, Corquin, Copan |
| Altitude | 1200 masl |
| Harvest | January 2023 |
| Roast profile | Filter roast (also good for modern espresso) |
| Q score: | 86.5 pts |