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Honduras - Finca La Valentina - Natural, Second Spin Roasting Co.
Second Spin Roasting Co., Ladera Ranch, CA

Honduras - Finca La Valentina - Natural

Tastes like
Blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, vanilla frosting, dark chocolate, honey
Process
Natural
Bag
8oz
$23.008 oz bag, $2.87/oz

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About this coffee

A natural process Catuai from Carlos Mejía Rodríguez at Finca La Valentina in La Paz, Montecillos, La Paz, Honduras, grown at 1,600 m.

What Second Spin Roasting Co. states about this coffee, and what is on record about it.

Process
Natural
Variety
Catuai, IHCAFE 90 + Catuai
Altitude
1,600 m
Grown by
Carlos Mejía Rodríguez, Finca La Valentina

Why this coffee

What will it taste like?

Mainly fruit, some sugar, a little cocoa.

  • Fruit50%
  • Sugar and spice33%
  • Cocoa and nut17%

The roaster’s notes: blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, vanilla frosting, dark chocolate, honey.

Acidity
Body
Sweetness
Balance
Clean

Profile estimated from the roaster’s tasting notes.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$2.87an ounce for the 8 oz bag, before shipping and tax.

We sell too few coffees like this one to compare it side by side.

Estimated from its listed traits and this roaster's other prices: $2.41 to $3.47 an ounce.

$2.41$3.47

What moves the price

  • Roaster brand and sourcing+22%
  • Natural process+6%
  • Honduras origin+5%
  • Single origin+3%

The estimate comes from a statistical model, refit weekly on coffees listed by the roasters in our shop. A price comparison says nothing about how a coffee tastes.

The variety and the origin

About catuai

Genetic group
Bourbon-Typica group (Typica and Bourbon related)
Lineage
Mundo Novo x Caturra
Breeder
Instituto Agronômico (IAC), Brazil
Stature
Dwarf/Compact
Bean size
Average
Yield potential
Medium
Quality at high altitude
Good
Coffee leaf rust
Low resistance/susceptible

Source: World Coffee Research, Catuai

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