Description
La Alondra belongs to Jose Giron, but he's now passed running the farm onto his son, Miguel. Miguel's 3 brothers also take an interest in the farm - it was his brother Alejandro who introduced Hasbean to La Alondra.
The farm surrounds the family's home and is in an area which has a lot of mist and cooler weather. The farm is heavily forested with native trees, including tall conifers on the higher parts where the farm looks out across the valley. The large amount of shade and shortage of labour has meant a lot of the coffee plants grow tall - even the Villa Sarchi, which is considered a dwarf varietal. Around half the plants on the farm are about 30 years old, with the others planted in the intervening years to slowly renovate and improve the farm.
The farm mostly has planted Villa Sarchi (from Costa RIca) and Caturra (from Guatemala), with small amounts of Bourbon, Catuai and Maracaturra. The farm has a wetmill area above the house where coffee is processed before being dried and sent to San Vincente for dry milling and export.
In total, 15 lots were delivered from the farm to San Vincente in February and March. San Vincente had kept them all separate for us to taste and there was great consistency in quality. Although they were uniformly good, we noticed the flavour profile shift slightly as the harvest went on, so we decided to split the coffees up and form two lots - one from February pickings and one from March pickings. What's the difference? February is softer and juicier, with toffee sweetness, whilst March is crisp and clean with chocolate and lime.
Beginning with creamy milk chocolate and a delicate caramel edge, there's a balanced zing of yellow plum and lime on the finish for crisp, clean and well balanced cup.
Country: Honduras
Department: Francisco Morazán
Municipality: Lepaterique
Village: Piedra Rayada
Producer: José Hernán Girón
Farm: La Alondra
Altitude: 1,700 m.a.s.l.
Varietal: Caturra & Villa Sarchi
Process: Washed
Delivery Times : To ensure all coffee is as fresh as you possible can get we do not stock ourselves, Hasbean is based on the same estate as ourselves, if you order we will order and pick up, this may delay shipping your order by a day depending on when you order
We offer coffee roasted in different forms that suits your favourite way of making coffee :
Beans - Roasted and ready to be freshly ground by you, for those that like to take their time
Cafetiere - Fill and sit down ready when you are
Filter - For the coffee machine enthusiasts who just need coffee always ready to go
Expresso - Roasted and ground for those that want or need a good punch of coffee
Jug - The classic coffee drinker who like to brew up on the stove
