Honduras COMSA

Tasting Notes: Bittersweet Chocolate, SmoothRoast level: Medium Country: HondurasRegion: MarcalaFarmer: COMSAProcessing: Washed Certifications:  Organic  From the roaster:  We began working with COMSA in 2014, buying their members’  high quality green coffee with the unique regional characteristics of Marcala: medium body and pronounced acidity, bitter chocolate flavours, and nuances of floral, lemongrass, peach and wild berries. Café Orgánico Marcala (COMSA) was founded in December of 2001 with a vision of creating new and alternative development opportunities for small-scale coffee farmers in the region of Marcala, Honduras. The organization originally brought together 69 small-scale farmers of Lenca origin who were interested in selling their coffee collectively under the umbrella of a rural credit union. At that time, the predominant production system in the region used conventional (chemical) practices and sold to the local coyotes, often at prices that did not even cover the fa