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This harvest of Finca El Puente from Marcala, Honduras, brings lighter purple-lavender and plum notes, black cherry, sugar cane sweetness and toasted nut in the finish.
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From the Road: Saludos de San Ramon, Nicaragua

12-17-08

Beneficio La Pita, a dry mill in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, where Counter Culture's coffee producer-partners are tendering coffee this year. Photo by Counter Culture Coffee. Counter Culture Coffee's Sustainability & Producer Relations Manager Kim Elena Bullock emailed a dispatch earlier this week from Matagalpa, Nicaragua, where she visited some of our producer-partners at origin who are working to restructure their organization.

Since the beginning of 2008, a dozen of these producer-partners have done the legwork necessary to sell coffee to Counter Culture through a system that we all hope will lead to more transparency in the chain, better quality in the cup and more money paid to the growers. Kim Elena made a trip visit our friends in San Ramón and to discuss the challenges that lay ahead: What is the group's plan for organic certification? How much will it cost? What are their costs, and how can we make sure that more money reaches them this year than in years past? Where is their financing coming from?

Read Kim Elena's trip report from Nicaragua in our Origins section.

Thanks,
Nathan

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Finca El Puente
Catuai
Counter Culture Direct Trade Certified
Finca El Puente is a special coffee and truly close to our hearts. We discovered it on our very first trip to Honduras, fell in love with it then, and have been head over heels ever since. Moisés Herrera and Marysabel Caballero – the couple who run the farm – have become like family, and this year they continued the tradition of refining an already-great coffee. This harvest of Finca El Puente brings lighter purple-lavender and plum notes, black cherry, sugar cane sweetness, and toasted nut in the finish. View map.

Regularly $15.75

$14.75 (per 12 oz bag)

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