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Espresso Single Origin of the Month - Honduras Ludwin Aguilar
- Process: Washed
- Variety: Catuai, Pacas, Parainema
- Altitude: 1350 - 1500 Masl
Taste: Dried Apricot, Butterscotch, Milk Chocolate
About the Coffee
This month's espresso comes from one grower rather than a co-op. Ludwin Aguilar farms Finca El Alto at La Labor, in Ocotepeque, Western Honduras, and he's the fourth generation of his family to do it. The Aguilars have been working this same patch of land since 1965, so they've had a bit of practice.
The farm sits between 1,350 and 1,500 metres, and Ludwin grows a handful of traditional varieties there, Catuai, Pacas and Parainema among them. The clay-loam soil is rich in organic matter, which feeds the trees well and gives you dense, sugary cherry. Exactly what you want going into an espresso roast.
Everything is picked by hand, and only evenly ripe cherry makes the cut. It's then washed and fermented the traditional way before the parchment spends up to 15 days drying slowly, on a mix of solar dryers and raised African beds. Drying that slowly takes patience, and it's a big part of why the cup tastes so clean.
In the cup it's dried apricot up front, then butterscotch and milk chocolate on a heavy, syrupy body. It holds its own as a short black, and in milk the chocolate and toasted sugar sweetness take over and it drinks a bit like dessert. Hard to argue with that.
Barista Notes — Espresso
Dense, high-grown and full of sugar, so give it a touch more yield than a standard 1:2 to keep the apricot in line.
- Ratio: 1:2 to 1:2.2 (20g in, 40–44g out) — pulling a little longer than usual spreads the sweetness out and stops the stone fruit getting sharp
- Time: 27–30 seconds — nothing fancy, just an even, middle-of-the-road shot that brings the milk chocolate body through without tipping into bitterness
- Temp: 92°C — keep it stable and the apricot acidity stays round and smooth against the butterscotch
Single Origin coffee orders can take up to 1.5 weeks to be delivered. We roast them weekly and they sell out fast.
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