Stovetop Honduras, Don Nicho



   Here I have my fourth bean from the amazing roasters known as Stovetop. All their beans I've featured so far have been great! Stovetop obtains their coffees from multiple sources, and they strive to be as transparent as possible with their process. There are currently two ways they buy their coffee; one being direct trade. A direct trade relationship means the roaster is buying coffee directly from the source. This often means the roaster has traveled to a coffee farm, developed a relationship with the owners, and bought some of their crop. While Stovetop is excited to pursue this opportunity in the future, their current direct trade relationships have resulted from meeting farmers and producers in person at a coffee event or trade show and forming a relationship there. Their goal is to only work with ethical producers that they know and trust. These producers treat their workers well, use ecologically sound farming, harvesting, and processing techniques, and provide a consistently high quality product each season.

   This is their Honduras, Don Nicho bean; Space Fox. Dionisio "Don Nicho" Hernandez has only been growing specialty coffee for two years. This is the first year his coffee was of high enough quality to be produced and separated into a complete lot and imported by Olam. His farm is in one of the newest locations for specialty coffee in the Santa Barbara mountain: Las Peñitas. Stovetop notes flavors of berry, dark chocolate, & apple. I brewed this at my 1:12 ratio. This was a very nice cold brew. Sweet & fruity. But also nice notes of vanilla & nuts. Dark berries, stone fruits. Another super tasty bean from these guys.

   Many thanks to Sam & Stovetop for the awesome beans. I have one more bean from these guys; stay tuned.

Definitely go see what these guys are offering up:  stovetoproasters.com


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