Buttery shortbread, with strong caramel notes, also notes of syrup & chocolate.
This is a stonking Honduran single origin from the Cocafelol co-op in the mountains of the Ocotepeque Department in western Honduras.
A lovely mellow buttery sweet Honduran, it makes for a very enjoyable sweet espresso (when dialed in, obviously) and great via most brew methods.
Millionaire's Shortbread Honduras is an Organic and Fairtrade single origin coffee , produced at an altitude of 1200-1300m. The SCA score is 84.5, it’s a washed processed coffee, and it's organic, fairtrade & Rainforest Alliance certified. If you’re looking for a tasty yet mellow & satyisfying coffee, with vibrant acidity and super smooth buttery mouthfeel, give this one a try!
If you're looking for something still on the "crowd-pleasing" side of things, but more luxurious than classic, this might be just what you're after.
How it Tastes
Imagine biting into thick, milk chocolate coated caramel and then into melt-in-the-mouth buttery shortbread. That's exactly what this reminds me of, hence the "Millionaire's Shortbread" name.
Taste is a subjective thing, everyone has a different palate, and everyone has a different level of palate development, too. If you've only recently started to "really" get into coffee, and you just don't get these flavour notes that you read on websites like this, or on the flavour notes on bags of speciality coffee that you buy, just stick with it.
If you carry on developing your palate, you'll find at some point that you start to pick out interesting tastes, which may or may not be present in the taste descriptions. While you once may have said "Meh, just tastes of coffee", you will probably find yourself saying things like "ooh, wow that reminds me of
Cocafelol Co-Operative Honduras
Cocafelol is a co-operative of around three hundred smallholder producers within the Ocotepeque department in the west of Honduras.
This is a breathtaking mountainous region spanned by a number of biodiverse and important national parks, and the conditions here, particularly the fertile volcanic soil, are amazing for high quality coffee.
The Cocafelol co-op continually works to assist its smallholder coffee farmers to improve the quality and variety of coffee produced, and has invested a great deal into organic production.
