{"product_id":"leodan-bautista-natural-bourbon-honduras","title":"Leodan Bautista, Natural Bourbon, Honduras","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e: Los Lirios, Comayagua, Honduras\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducers\u003c\/strong\u003e: Leodan Bautista\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess\u003c\/strong\u003e: Natural\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bourbon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1700masl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImporter\u003c\/strong\u003e: Semilla with Sueños de Semilla\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast: \u003c\/strong\u003eLight-medium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mulled Cider, Vanilla, Lime Sorbet, Milk Chocolate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransparency: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is our second year buying from \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan\u003c\/strong\u003e, this was a small 2 bag lot purchased alongside 91 bags contracted from \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe paid \u003cstrong\u003eSemilla\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e$\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6.70 \u003c\/strong\u003eper pound of exportable green coffee + shipping \u0026amp; storage fees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmgate price was \u003cb\u003e19,000 Lempira per Carga of Parchment\u003c\/b\u003e(how coffee is traded locally) regional farmgate price in 2025 was 12,000 lempira per carga.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFOB\u003c\/strong\u003e price was \u003cstrong\u003e$6.32\/lb.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLeodan Bautista, Los Lirios, Comayagua, Honduras\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're familiar with our crowd fav seasonal espresso \u003cstrong\u003eHilux\u003c\/strong\u003e, you're familiar with \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan Bautista\u003c\/strong\u003e! One of the many producers we got to meet during our 2024 trip to Honduras, \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan\u003c\/strong\u003e really made an impression on us, bringing a fun energy to our time spent with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a passionate and experienced young producer who is keen to make a name for himself as the third generation of coffee farmers in his family. We're beyond excited to feature his coffee and present it under his own name, respecting the work he's put into this beautiful lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis coffee is first picked ripe at Leodan's farm El Caliche in Los Lirios. The coffee then undergoes a 65-hour long fermentation process in sealed plastic bags. Afterwards the cherries are dried in a solar dryer on raised African style beds for 22-25 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis process really accentuates the fruity notes, complimenting the warmth of this Bourbon. In the cup we're getting \u003cstrong\u003eMulled Cider, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanilla, Lime Sorbet, and Milk Chocolate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the people enjoying his coffee in \u003cstrong\u003eCanada, Leodan\u003c\/strong\u003e shares this message:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Greetings, friends, and thank you for helping us on this journey. Your support allows us to continue walking this path alongside your projects. I hope to welcome you to our farms one day!\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSueños de Semilla, Comayagua, Honduras\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eMarch of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e Kelly and I (Sonny) had the amazing opportunity to travel down to \u003cstrong\u003eHonduras\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003eSemilla\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; other roasters (who quickly became good pals!) This trip was an amazing experience, both of us had never visited a coffee producing region, and we were excited for it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis trip exceeded all expectations. Not only was it an amazing, fun \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e filled adventure with trudging through wet farms \u0026amp; riding up steep mountain's on the back of a \u003cstrong\u003eHilux\u003c\/strong\u003e, it was also one of \u003cstrong\u003ehardship \u0026amp; emotions\u003c\/strong\u003e, learning first hand the difficulties of being a smallholder producer in an \u003cstrong\u003eeconomy that is constantly trying to exploit you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe traveled across the \u003cstrong\u003eMontecillos Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e range in \u003cstrong\u003eComayagua\u003c\/strong\u003e with Semilla, Jesus Galeas, life long producer, and partner of Sueños de Semilla, as well as other amazing producers, such as Addonnay, Don Clementino, Danilo, and Jeovanny (our trip wouldn't have been possible or half as fun without these folks.).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryday we drove and met with different groups of producers, listening to their stories, hearing about their processing, and having them show us their farms and homes. This is an important part of business for Semilla, having a direct connection with as many of the producers they work with as possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis being the first year of \u003cstrong\u003eSueños de Semila\u003c\/strong\u003e, majority of the producers we met were fully processing their coffee down the \u003cstrong\u003eparchment \u003c\/strong\u003efor the first time. This is super important for producers as it allows them to capture the most profit for their product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's very common in \u003cstrong\u003eHonduras\u003c\/strong\u003e (and many other producing countries) for producers to sell their cherry to\u003cstrong\u003e intermediaries\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003ecoyotes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003elosing much of the profit\u003c\/strong\u003e gained by processing the coffee down to parchment. This is especially bad when the price of coffee is low, and you are a producer in a remote location (we went to some REMOTE locations.), making it difficult to transport your own cherry to town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this process, most producers selling to \u003cstrong\u003eSemilla\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong\u003e2024\u003c\/strong\u003e received \u003cstrong\u003edouble\u003c\/strong\u003e the \u003cstrong\u003enational farmgate\u003c\/strong\u003e price of \u003cstrong\u003e3500 lempiras\u003c\/strong\u003e per carga of parchment, and way more than that if they had sold as cherry, which is impossible for me to calculate, as it would depend on what the intermediary or coyote would have offered them day of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e2025 \u003c\/strong\u003ewith the market prices elevated, \u003cstrong\u003eSemilla\u003c\/strong\u003e continued their commitment to paying above market prices, paying \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e19,000 Lempira\u003c\/strong\u003e per carga of parchment, ahead of the national farmgate of \u003cstrong\u003e12,000 Lempira,\u003c\/strong\u003e inflated by the massive shifts in the market this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe left \u003cstrong\u003eHonduras\u003c\/strong\u003e with a strong desire to better our own business, to do better by the producers we buy from, and to be able to buy more from them. In 2024 we bought roughly 30~ bags from Leodan, for his 2025 crop we purchased roughly 90~ bags of coffee, including this small two bag lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is obviously a lot I could go on about regarding our trip and experiences in Honduras, but I'll save that for our other releases. If you made it all the way down here, thank you. If you wish to read more about Semilla and their work in Honduras definitely check out their website, they're way better writers than me ;).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semilla.ca\/projects\/546cJP6GluJc1SKyotBciK\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.semilla.ca\/projects\/546cJP6GluJc1SKyotBciK\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHappy Sippin'!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HaveFun Coffee","offers":[{"title":"300g","offer_id":48613674975437,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1kg","offer_id":48613675008205,"sku":null,"price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.2kg","offer_id":48613675040973,"sku":null,"price":124.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/3138\/0173\/files\/aug_13_300g-2.jpg?v=1786641662","url":"https:\/\/havefun.coffee\/en-us\/products\/leodan-bautista-natural-bourbon-honduras","provider":"Have Fun. 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