Honduras Honey Andres Fernandez Parainema

Andres Fernandez and his wife Mirna Judith López manage their 3.5 hectare farm in the village of Las Flores, Santa Barbara. Andres spent the latter part of his childhood in this area after his father put down roots with the original family farm. This was in the late 1960's, before any of the current roads or infrastructure was in place, making it much more difficult to access. Andres eventually took on a part of that farm, which is what he and his family have built out today. Finca Don Fernandez is situated at 1550 meters above sea level, and planted Pacas, Catuaí, and Parainema. This is a separation of the latter. The name "Parainema" came about in the growing area of Paraiso, on Honduras' Southeastern border. The name itself is a hybrid of Paraiso and nematode ("Parai" + "nema"), which the cultivar has some natural resistance to. Grown in higher altitudes, Parainema is known to exhibit unique aromatic and herbal qualities, which is what we were looking for when cup testing several cultivar separations. This is a honey process coffee, which involves leaving some of the sticky fruit mucilage intact to the seed while the coffee dries. While not always the case, the fruit fermentation that occurs while the coffee is drying can lead to fruit-toned flavors in the cup. Andres' coffee confirms this!