Aromatic notes: caramel, nutty, cocoa , lemon
SCA score: 83
Origin: Honduras
Region: La Paz
Terroir: Marcala
Species: Arabica
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1700
Type of harvest: Manual
Marcala is a municipality located in the department of La Paz, in southwest Honduras. A few years ago, there was a large cooperative to which many small producers belonged. When it broke up, the cooperative abandoned all its member producers who found themselves without a mill for their coffees. A lot of small producers then decided to join forces to create a private cooperatives.
Marcala has a mill for dry and wet coffee preparation. The producers process most of their coffees themselves. They buy very little parchment coffee, and when they do, they buy only from producers to whom they have given coffee processing recommendations.
The Marcala appellation is characterised by its:
- 2 500 producers
- 19 municipalities, in 3 departments, all with a history of coffee production in Marcala
- farming at a minimum altitude of 1,100 metres
