Sergio Soriano Washed

Cafesmo Ocotepeque Honduras

Verified seller

• 247 sales on Algrano
• 4 Avg. orders per roaster
• 75 Roaster relationships

Origin

Honduras

Producer

Cafesmo Ocotepeque Honduras

Variety

Pacas

Process type

Fully washed

Harvest period

November, 2019 - November, 2019

Seller's cupping score (SCA)

84.25 points

Updated April, 2020

ID

HN-93-201911

"When I was 18, I had an accident while playing soccer and needed knee surgery. It meant the sad and abrupt end of my – admittedly amateur – soccer career, but it also opened the door to new beginnings: I was given an opportunity to become a waiter on a cruise ship that was based in Copenhagen. During four years, I lived on that ship and we traveled between many of the beautiful main cities of northern Europe. That’s how I got to know cities like Stockholm, Oslo, Amsterdam, Saint Petersburg and Helsinki. 
 
After four splendid but hardworking years on that ship, I returned to Honduras to follow in my father’s footsteps and become a coffee farmer.
 
In fact, my dad cultivated coffee from a humble perspective. He owned only a tenth of a hectare and grew large, very high plants, more like trees. Little by little, I took over and expanded the plot to a total of 8,5 hectares.
 
Now, I’m 53 and mostly working alone. I have a son who lives in the US, and a daughter in a nearby town, but she works elsewhere. During the harvest, I have people helping me out. But coffee is my passion, it’s what makes my heart beat faster. The plants represent life to me. They allow us to breath, and, in a more direct sense, they are what puts bread on my table. I love walking between the neat rows to check if everything is going well. 
 
There are four varieties that I grow: Pacas, Parainema, Obatá, 90. But in fact I am gradually changing to a Parainema only farm. That’s the cultivar that best resists leaf rust and I love the sweet, juicy and large berries that grow from it.
 
The next step is selling coffee directly to small roasters in Europe. I want to establish lasting relationship with one or two roasters and work hand in hand with them to offer consumers a traceable cup of coffee that came to fruition through our combined efforts." - Cafesmo Ocotepeque Honduras, April, 2020