Honduras Ceiba
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Product detailed description
Flavor profile: gooseberry, chocolate gingerbread, pomelo
Farmer: Sharan Shashidhar
Region: Baba Budan Giri
Farm: Shanthi Valley
Altitude: 1,035 – 1,300 m a.s.l.
Variety: 100% Arabica, mixed varieties
Harvest: 2024
Processing: natural
Ideal for: espresso
Do you know what Ceiba means? It is a mighty tree that was considered sacred in Mayan culture. It symbolized the connection between heaven, earth, and the underworld. In Honduras, you can find not only this tree, but also the city of La Ceiba, nicknamed La bella – the beautiful one. And it is from Honduras, specifically the Marcalaregion, that our coffee Café Ceiba originates.
The coffee is grown here at altitudes of up to 1,600 meters. It is 100% organic and the result of the work of farmers united in the cooperative COMSA (Café Orgánico Marcala). COMSA was founded in2001, at a time when coffee prices had fallen to historic lows and many farms were abandoned. A group of determined farmers decided to take a different path – to return to nature and farm without chemicals. From these small beginnings grew an organization that today brings together over 1,200producers and has become a symbol of quality, fairness, and sustainability.
From the very beginning, COMSA’sgoal was to give farmers the knowledge and tools to better understand their soil, their coffee, and the opportunitiesavailable to them. Courses on cultivation and coffee tasting are regularly organized, and Fairtrade certification has provided resources for the development of the entire community. This has led, for example, to the creation of a school inspired by Montessori pedagogy, scholarships for studying abroad, and even the construction of a plastic recycling plant that transforms waste into building materials.
Café Ceiba is therefore not just an ordinary coffee. It is the resultof determination and cooperation — the story of a community that turned a crisis into an opportunity.
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