honduras finca dulce luna
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light roast | fruity & balanced
about:
Bronze Medal Winner, 2023 Golden Bean Coffee Roasting Championship
Finca Dulce Luna is our special offering from the Dulce Luna farm in the Marcala region of Honduras. Grown by Dulce Marlen Contreras and her family, this Red/Yellow Catuai variety is harvested between November and March at an altitude of 1,400 meters above sea level (MASL). From the moment we tasted this coffee, we knew we had something exceptional on our hands. Each cup overflows with notes of strawberries, cotton candy, and honeycomb.
The woman behind Finca Dulce Luna, Dulce Marlen Contreras, is a strong and compassionate leader with a storied career as a leading voice in the Marcala coffee industry. Dulce founded a female coffee growers cooperative in the 1990’s, and she worked with her husband to create the Denominación de Origen organization to distinguish Marcala coffee from other regions and to promote collective empowerment of local producers.
Most recently, Dulce founded the 18 Rabbit Export company, which she named after the 13th ruler of the Mayans. Her family-run business produces top-rated coffee using biodynamic farming techniques where every decision is made considering biological, spiritual, and social impacts to the people, animals, and land on the farm. Their holistic ecosystem approach creates healthier land that allows their coffee to flourish year after year. We’re huge fans of the 18 Rabbit team and we can’t wait for you to taste this special coffee from Finca Dulce Luna!
WE TASTE: strawberry, cotton candy, honeycomb
OUR FAVORITE BREWING METHODOLOGY: Hario V60, AeroPress
more details:
ORIGIN:
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Farm: Dulce Luna
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Town: Marcala
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Department: La Paz
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Country: Honduras
VARIETY: Red/Yellow Catuai
GROWING ELEVATION: 1,400 meters (4,595 feet)
MILLING PROCESS: natural, sun dried on raised beds
SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS:
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Farmer - Dulce Marlen Contreras & Family
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Exporter - Exportadora 18 Conejo, S.A.
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Importer - Cafe Kreyol
meet the farmers:
At Succulent Coffee Roasters, we value our partners and seek out any opportunity to highlight their stories. “Finca Dulce Luna” is part of our Transparent Trade Collection and as such, the featured photos give you a behind-the-scenes look at the farm and the people behind the delicious coffee.
Coffee producer Napoleon Contreras Zelaya explaining how biodynamic fertilizer is made by filling a bull horn with organic matter and burying it in the ground..
Dulce Marlen Contreras is the matriarch of the 18 Rabbit Coffee company who supplies this amazing biodynamic coffee.
Coffee producer Flhor de Maria Zelaya Contreras started in the family business when she was just five years old. Today she runs the 18 Rabbit Coffee company, which is committed to sustainable and just farming practices.
what customers say
My husband came home with a bag of your coffee from a recent business trip to your area. We cannot believe how good it is. That first sip every morning…still…we just love it so much. I keep wanting to try other flavors…but the ninth. Wow. Thank you for changing our coffee game. When we ran out and went back to our old stuff...there was no comparison!”
Andrea C.
I ordered Succulent Coffee online and everything about the experience was impeccable...the Finca Dulce Luna was my favorite and the Ninth is on my list to try next!
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