This exceptional coffee was sourced with the help of our friends at Semilla who have worked hard to connect roasters with small holders who, despite producing excellent coffees, have been historically left out of the specialty market. Emiliana Montoya has only recently started selling coffee on the specialty market, working hard to ensure her harvest is of excellent quality. The cup is decadent with notes of dried cherries, figs, blackberries, and black tea.
We Taste: Dried Cherry, Fig, Blackberry, Black Tea
Country: Honduras
Region: Campanario
Process: Washed
Lot name: Los Alcipreces
Producer: Emiliana Montoya
Varietal: Bourbon and Typica
Elevation: 1750
Harvest Date: May 2025
Farmgate price: 21,500 Lempira/carga parchment
Local farmgate price (2025): 12,000 Lempira/carga parchment
FOB Price: $5.18 USD/lb
Our Price: $7.42 USD/lb
Quantity Purchased: 5 × 69kgs
“Emiliana Montoya is 46 years old, married with three children and two grandchildren, and began cultivating coffee in 2005, with the support of her husband, who has always been there for her and has helped her throughout the years to get to where she is now as a coffee producer. As a second-generation coffee grower, she follows in the footsteps of her parents, who were one of the first to grow coffee in their region, dedicating over 30 years of their lives to it. Back then, they used to grow what they call the “Indio” variety, which is a local typica variety.
Emiliana’s family has continued cultivating coffee because it is the most reliable source of income in the region and for her and her family, it is their sole means of support. She often reflects on how everything they have today, including their home, is thanks to coffee. But her journey has not been without challenges, Emiliana has faced a lifetime of selling her coffee at very low prices, and now, with increasing production costs and the rise of diseases and pests affecting her crops. She has struggled with providing for her family.
Looking to the future, Emiliana’s goals are to provide her children and grandchildren with better opportunities, to plant improved coffee varieties, and to continue producing specialty coffee each year. Her greatest dreams are to continue selling her coffee internationally, to one day meet the people that buy her coffee in other countries and to travel. To her international buyers, Emiliana would like to express her gratitude. She wants them to know that her family works hard to ensure their coffee is of the highest quality. She hopes that one day she can visit them, and perhaps even see the cafés where her coffee is enjoyed.” - Semilla
This exceptional coffee was sourced with the help of our friends at Semilla who have worked hard to connect roasters with small holders who, despite producing excellent coffees, have been historically left out of the specialty market. Emiliana Montoya has only recently started selling coffee on the specialty market, working hard to ensure her harvest is of excellent quality. The cup is decadent with notes of dried cherries, figs, blackberries, and black tea.
We Taste: Dried Cherry, Fig, Blackberry, Black Tea
Country: Honduras
Region: Campanario
Process: Washed
Lot name: Los Alcipreces
Producer: Emiliana Montoya
Varietal: Bourbon and Typica
Elevation: 1750
Harvest Date: May 2025
Farmgate price: 21,500 Lempira/carga parchment
Local farmgate price (2025): 12,000 Lempira/carga parchment
FOB Price: $5.18 USD/lb
Our Price: $7.42 USD/lb
Quantity Purchased: 5 × 69kgs
“Emiliana Montoya is 46 years old, married with three children and two grandchildren, and began cultivating coffee in 2005, with the support of her husband, who has always been there for her and has helped her throughout the years to get to where she is now as a coffee producer. As a second-generation coffee grower, she follows in the footsteps of her parents, who were one of the first to grow coffee in their region, dedicating over 30 years of their lives to it. Back then, they used to grow what they call the “Indio” variety, which is a local typica variety.
Emiliana’s family has continued cultivating coffee because it is the most reliable source of income in the region and for her and her family, it is their sole means of support. She often reflects on how everything they have today, including their home, is thanks to coffee. But her journey has not been without challenges, Emiliana has faced a lifetime of selling her coffee at very low prices, and now, with increasing production costs and the rise of diseases and pests affecting her crops. She has struggled with providing for her family.
Looking to the future, Emiliana’s goals are to provide her children and grandchildren with better opportunities, to plant improved coffee varieties, and to continue producing specialty coffee each year. Her greatest dreams are to continue selling her coffee internationally, to one day meet the people that buy her coffee in other countries and to travel. To her international buyers, Emiliana would like to express her gratitude. She wants them to know that her family works hard to ensure their coffee is of the highest quality. She hopes that one day she can visit them, and perhaps even see the cafés where her coffee is enjoyed.” - Semilla
