Limited to 12oz Bags

In order to maintain inventory of this coffee until our 2026 crop season coffee arrives, we are restricting sales of this coffee to 12oz bags.

Our 7th Year with Honduran Coffee Alliance

We have worked with Sean and the folks at the Honduran Coffee Alliance since 2019 and the coffee we direct source with their help have always been amongst the most popular coffees on our shelves.  In the last six years, we featured the Honduras Princesa Diana but the farmer, Edwin Nicolas, had to sell his coffee early this year and we decided to go with another lot that we had used last year.

This is the second coffee from our 2025 order and is produced by Medina Galeas of the same Galeas family our earlier coffee was sourced from.

The Coffee

This is a super tasty, washed processed coffee is a great example of a classic Honduran coffee flavor profile. It’s a mix of Catuaí, Lempira and Parainema varieties.

The coffee has a cinnamon, brown sugar and mildly nutty flavor with a touch of a vanilla.  It's a very easy light roast to drink with a slight zip of acidity that pairs well with the floral, sweet, mellow taste and has a juicy finish.

If you're not normally a light roast coffee drinker, this is a very easy coffee to work into your routine to try a light roast.

More Information on the Medina Galeas

Merlin Medina began her life in coffee as a young girl. Though her family did not own a finca, her mother took her to the farms where she worked. Later, when Merlin married, her husband Hubert gave her a section of his farm. For Merlin, it was exciting to finally have her own finca, even if it required replanting and renovation. She often relied on loans to keep production going during periods of low coffee prices.

In 2018, Merlin trained as a “Five-Star” Cupper with IHCAFE, and that same year her coffee placed 34th in the Cup of Excellence. She is a member of the CAFESA cooperative in Marcala and, with Hubert, owns four small farms totaling 10.5 hectares. Together they manage a cupping laboratory, offering services to other producers in the region.

Merlin and Hubert are the primary cupping partners for Honduran Coffee Alliance (HCA) and are both key collaborators and close friends of our team. For Merlin, coffee is a family crop. She involves her two children, a boy and a girl, in production and cupping whenever they are not in school, teaching them to value quality and community.

Update 2024 – Merlin renovated parts of her farm with declining yields and continued facing labor shortages. She also attended the SCA Expo in April, where she met roasters and returned motivated to keep improving her farm and lab.

Update 2025 – This year, Merlin became one of the main allies of HCA, overseeing an all-women team that hand-selected export-quality coffees. On the farm, she continues investing in renovation, shade management, and processing improvements. At the lab, she and Hubert are expanding services to help more producers showcase their coffees.

Merlin’s dream remains to secure a long-term committed buyer who values her dedication. With her passion, discipline, and leadership, she shows that coffee is not only a family legacy but also a community effort that creates opportunities for others.