Cerro Azul is the Mierisch family’s new coffee project in Honduras.

The Mierisch family has been growing coffee in Nicaragua for over 4 generations. They have seen the coffee industry go from a homogenous cash crop commodity to micro lot farming and have enthusiastically taken a part and sometimes the lead in making these changes. They have achieved great results, proven by the steady increase in their quality as well as their success in the Cup of Excellence competition throughout the past 6 years.

Continuing their journey, the Mierisch family has chosen to take their experience to their neighboring country to the north, Honduras, a six-hour drive from their home in Nicaragua. In 2011, they started the project of revitalizing Finca Cerro Azul in the region of the National Park Azul Meambar in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, Honduras, across El Cielito, Santa Barbara, on the other side of Lake Yojoa.

Since the area had proven itself with great quality results, they bet that since these areas share similar microclimates and conditions, they would be able to achieve similar results. With their knowledge and experience of wet and dry milling, they took this abandoned farm to the next level while also collaborating with neighboring farms that wished to implement the new methods of Finca Cerro Azul.

 

Origin: Rio Bonito

Altitude: 1450 – 1900m

Variety: Java

Processing: Washed

Cup Profile: Orange blossom, vanilla, nougat, sweet lime, balance