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Honduras Season 2024   We have 5 main harvest single origin lots this season, and 4 microlots to round out our offerings this winter and spring. Sourced via Bend Coffee at the famed San Vicente Mill in Santa Barbara, we have gained access to some of the finest lots being grown in Honduras. Our first release of the season was Gerardo Trejo, which went quickly and now into the thick of Honduran season with farmer Edin Lopez's primary crop and an interesting separation of Jose Esteban's harvest.  Expect some Iconic Honduran profiles this season, from red grape and candy bar...

  Ever since I started running Kuma I wanted our packaging to be as straightforward as possible, represent the coffee inside it, be hardworking and well crafted, not flashy or districting. This is the latest iteration of that goal.We used to hand stamp all our bags, it was so much hard work. Some loved it, some thought it looked janky. We figured what does the package matter when the coffee inside was so high quality? Some quality focused cafes around the country agreed, putting cup quality first, tasting our coffees blind and many times finding they outscored nationally recognized brands....

We had tickets to fly down to Santa Barbara mill in Honduras this past April, as we have for the last several years. We go down to cup through the harvest, strengthen our relationship with San Vicente Mill owner/operator Benjamin Paz, and reconnect with the farmers whose crops we purchase year after year. Then the pandemic happened, which not only affected our travel plans, but also showed widespread impact on all the coffee farmers, mill owners and trade routes. So instead of visiting farms, San Vicente sent us all the samples to taste and we did our purchasing the old...