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Finca Nueva Armenia

The quality of craftsmanship from Recinos family's Finca Nueva Armenia – in Guatemala's Huehuetenango district – is evident in every cup clean, clear notes of green apple, grape, and almond above a crisp acidity and juicy body.
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Our soils are in crisis. Conventional, chemical-based farming is destroying soil health, leaving farms with increasingly barren earth.
Finca El Puente

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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Enjoy two 12 oz bags of our seasonal farmhouse blend delivered directly to you or a loved each month for three or six months.

More from the Road: The Journey Continues

3-26-09

Roberto Salazar and Kim Elena Bullock examine drying coffee beans at Finca Pashapa in La Labor, Honduras. Photo by Tim Hill. Counter Culture Coffee's Sustainability & Producer Relations Manager Kim Elena Bullock filed another trip report this week that picks up where she left off from her Guatemala report: headed to La Labor, Honduras. Kim Elena met up in La Labor with Head Roaster Tim Hill following his visit with Aida Batlle at Finca Mauritania, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, and the two paid a visit to long-time Counter Culture Coffee producer partner Roberto Salazar of Finca Pashapa. A shining example of the potential economic sustainability that can be built upon environmental sustainability, Salazar's Finca Pashapa produces its entire compost requirements on-site through careful farm management and the tireless labor of thousands of worms—Finca Pashapa's vermiculture is incredible.

For Kim Elena's full account of her visit with the Roberto Salazar of Finca Pashapa, please see our Origins section.

For the whole story of Tim's visit with Aida Batlle, please read his post in our Origins section.

Best,
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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