Journal

The coffee journey starts long before you get your drink at a cafe or brew a cup at home. The behind-the-scenes process is many months long, includes many helping hands, and involves thousands of miles traveled.

We’ve bought coffee from Santa Barbara, Honduras, since 2013, and in the process, we’ve developed close relationships with the producers we work with there: Juan Angel and his son Irvin Izaguirre, Nelson Moreno, and Miguel Ortiz.

The practice that dates back to the discovery of coffee is the natural process. This practice keeps the fruit intact with the seed throughout the drying phase. Once the moisture content has sufficiently dropped, the fruit skin is removed from the coffee seed. The results are a fruit-forward, heavier body experience. This is Party.

Among the multiple hills and coffees brought to Heza Washing Station, the coffee grown on the hill named Gitwe caught our attention. Our relationship with Gitwe began in 2018 when Long Miles introduced us to the beautiful coffee grown around their washing station.

Situated just below the equator near the heart of the continent of Africa is the beautiful country of Rwanda. The landlocked country sits atop the East African plateau, along the mountains of the Great Rift Valley. 

Nestled in the middle of the coffee region lies Santa Barbara, Honduras, an origin known for its wide array of coffees produced each year. Honduras continues to develop practices and overcome setbacks with the goal to improve and innovate the coffee industry as a whole.