Cup of Excellence Honduras #4 Las Virginias - Anaerobic Washed
Mango and rhubarb with a rum-raisin finish.
Fabio Antonio Caballero's Geisha and Pacamara from Las Virginias, in Marcala, placed fourth in the Exotic category of the 2026 Honduras Cup of Excellence. The cherry rested whole overnight, was depulped, then sealed in barrels for a 48-hour anaerobic ferment before washing and a shaded dry on raised beds. Ripe and intense, with mango and rhubarb over rum-raisin.
Coffee Details
- Tasting notes: Mango, Rhubarb, Rum-Raisin
- Origin: Marcala, Honduras
- Farm: Las Virginias
- Producer: Fabio Antonio Caballero
- Variety: Geisha, Pacamara
- Process: 48-hour Anaerobic Washed
- Roast level: Light, by our shelf grading
- Best for: Filter
- Roaster: Prodigal Coffee, Colorado
About Prodigal Coffee
Prodigal is Scott Rao and Mark Benedetto's roastery in Colorado. Rao wrote The Coffee Roaster's Companion, and the roastery releases at least one new coffee every week alongside two house blends, Boulder Blend and Milk Blend Espresso.
Pre-order for the 2 November roast
Order by 1 November to be on this batch. Prodigal roast our order on Monday 2 November, the beans reach us about a week later, and your bag ships that same week. We never promise a delivery date; the final courier leg is not ours to guarantee.
In the cup.
How Cup of Excellence Honduras #4 Las Virginias - Anaerobic Washed shows up — flavour profile, body, finish — graded on our internal cupping rubric.
Brew it
like this.
- Ratio
- 15g : 250g
- Time
- 3:00
- Temp
- 93°C
Bloom 30s. Four pours of 60g, 30s apart.
- Ratio
- 30g : 500g
- Time
- 4:00
- Temp
- 92°C
Plunge slow. Decant immediately to avoid over-extraction.
- Ratio
- 18g : 36g
- Time
- 28s
- Temp
- 93°C
Distribute, tamp level, pull. Adjust grind to hit time.
