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Light Roast · Central America

Cup of Excellence Honduras #10 Las Acacias - Washed Pacas

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— What drinkers say

Reviews.

— About this coffee

mango • orange • cotton candy

Ship within 1 week after roast date
100% specialty arabica coffee beans only
Prodigal's coffee beans are at their peak 2 to 3 weeks after roasting

This is Las Acacias, the 2025 Cup of Excellence #10 "Traditional" category winner. COE coffees are special, and this is our first such offering of 2025. We love this coffee's clean flavors of mango, cotton candy, and citrusy finish. The pacas variety is grown traditionally all across Honduras, hence the "traditional" category. We're also bundling this coffee in a box set with our "Exotic" #9 winner, Itacayo! 

This small 2-hectare farm, located in the famed Santa Bárbara region of Honduras, is planted with 60% Pacas variety, 20% SL-28, and 20% geisha. This COE-winning lot underwent a single anaerobic fermentation step. The whole cherry fermented for 72-hours in a custom-built cold room, followed by depulping and thorough washing. The coffee dried for 18 days in a solar drier, with hand-sorting to remove defects. 

Prior to coffee, Evin farmed vegetables, without much profit. In 2010 he began farming coffee based on advice from his father, an experienced coffee producer in his own right. Just a few years later in 2013, Evin placed 12th in the Cup of Excellence, and his success built rapidly after that. We’re overjoyed to present this coffee to you and to work with Evin for many harvests to come. 

Process: anaerobic washed

Region: Santa Bárbara, Honduras

Variety: Pacas

Brewing Recipe : 

Filter
Brewing ratio 1 : 17
Ground coffee 16g
Total water 250ml
Water temperature 93ºc
Brew time 3 minutes
— Tasting notes

In the cup.

How Cup of Excellence Honduras #10 Las Acacias - Washed Pacas shows up — flavour profile, body, finish — graded on our internal cupping rubric.

Origin
Central America
Roast level
Light Roast
Process
Fully washed
Altitude
1,400 – 1,800 masl
Varietal
Bourbon, Typica, Caturra
Best for
Filter · Pourover
Brew ratio
1 : 16 (filter) · 1 : 2 (espresso)
— Brew suggestions

Brew it
like this.

Pourover (V60)
Ratio
15g : 250g
Time
3:00
Temp
93°C

Bloom 30s. Four pours of 60g, 30s apart.

French Press
Ratio
30g : 500g
Time
4:00
Temp
92°C

Plunge slow. Decant immediately to avoid over-extraction.

Espresso
Ratio
18g : 36g
Time
28s
Temp
93°C

Distribute, tamp level, pull. Adjust grind to hit time.

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