Mario Moreno (Piedras Amarillas)

Description

Please note that weekly orders are roasted on Tuesday and shipped on Wednesday.

This is our second year buying this 100% Pacas micro lot from the Moreno brothers’ small farm Piedras Amarillas. This year the coffee has excellent sweetness and is slightly more delicate, pushing into a light, oxidized oolong tea with lemony acidity.

Producer:
Mario Moreno

Country: Honduras

Region: Santa Bárbara

Varietal: 100% Pacas

Altitude: 1,650 masl

Harvest: May 2019

Processing: 

Harvested at peak ripeness. Floated. Depulped. Dry fermented for 24 hours. Washed. Dried on raised beds for 16 days.

ABOUT PIEDRAS AMARILLAS
Piedras Amarillas (yellow stones) gets its name from the abundance of yellow rocks scattered throughout this small 4-hectare (9.9 acre) plot. The farm is a communal project between three of the Moreno brothers: Mario, Danny, and Mabel, and consistently produces high quality Pacas, Bourbon, and Catuai coffees. The Morenos have been a cornerstone of coffee production in Santa Bárbara, dating back to their father, Daniel Moreno, who purchased his first farm in 1963.

ABOUT PACAS
Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon from the Bourbon/Typica group mainly found in El Salvador and Honduras. Similar to other Bourbon mutants, Pacas has a single-gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller (dwarfism). Unlike the hybrid varieties, Pacas is very susceptible to disease, making it riskier to grow.

Contains 250g of delicious coffee.

Text from Sey's listing.