Honduras Alba Marina
Honduras Alba Marina
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Tasting Notes
Specific flavors and aromas the roaster (or our team) noticed when cupping this coffee. They describe the brewed cup, not flavorings added to the beans.
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Roast Level
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Roast Level
How dark the beans are roasted, on a 'specialty' scale where Light/Ultralight preserves the most origin character.
Read more in the glossary → - Specialty Light/Ultralight
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Flavor Profile
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Flavor Profile
High-level flavor families this coffee leans toward — fruity, floral, sweet, chocolate/nutty, spicy, tea/botanical, or fermented/wine-like.
Read more in the glossary → - Fruity
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Origin Type
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Coffee Type
Whether a coffee is a single origin (from one farm, region, or country) or a blend (multiple origins combined).
Read more in the glossary → - Single Origin
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Flavor Notes
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Flavor Notes (SCA)
More specific flavor families inside the broader profile, using the SCA Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel — e.g. 'Citrus' and 'Berry' inside 'Fruity'.
Read more in the glossary → - Other Fruit, Stone Fruit
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Caffeine
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Caffeine
Whether this coffee is caffeinated or decaffeinated, and (for decaf) which process was used.
Read more in the glossary → - Caffeinated
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Country of Origin
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Country of Origin
Where in the world this coffee was grown, or 'Multiple' for a blend with beans from more than one country.
Read more in the glossary → - Honduras
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Process Type
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Processing
How the coffee cherry was prepared after picking — dried with or without its fruit, fermented under specific conditions, etc. Big effect on the final cup.
Read more in the glossary → - Washed
Alva Marina Alvarado is a second-generation coffee producer located in El Cedral, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara, Honduras. Her farm, Finca La Sierra, spans 0.9 hectares at 1,400 m.a.s.l. Here, she focuses exclusively on the Parainema variety, known for its resilience and quality.
Marina’s processing follows meticulous standards: cherries are depulped each afternoon, dry-fermented for 24 hours, washed four times with abundant water, and dried for 15-22 days in a parabolic solar dryer with continuous hand-sorting throughout the drying phase.
Marina’s coffee journey began in childhood, working alongside her father in coffee fields where the plants grew so tall they required ladders for harvesting! After marrying, she and her husband operated a small shop before returning to coffee in 2000 when they inherited family land in El Cedral.
The true transformation came in 2017 when Marina inherited more land from her mother and purchased additional property from a nephew. It was at that time that she began transitioning to specialty coffee production, and her children are now actively supporting the farm’s operations.
Province - El Cedral
Farm Name - Alba Marina
Altitude - 1,400 masl
Variety - Parainema
Process - Washed
Tasting Notes: arnold palmer, pomegranate, & plum
