NEW - Honduras - Comsa Marcala - Medium Roast - Certified Organic, Certified Fair Trade, Certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly
NEW - Honduras - Comsa Marcala - Medium Roast - Certified Organic, Certified Fair Trade, Certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly
Certified Organic Honduran Comsa Marcala coffee is roasted to a medium roast. Notes of milk chocolate, orange, and brown sugar make this coffee the perfect cup for the morning or a pick me up in the afternoon. This coffee is versatile and works great as a drip coffee, espresso, french press, or cold brew.
Café Orgánico Marcala S.A. de C.V. (COMSA) has been promoting sustainability and responsibility across their coffee business, spanning everything from the environment to producers to customer relations, for 18 years in Marcala, Honduras. This picturesque region is a notable coffee producing area and is known as the first protected designation of origin for coffee.
When asked why the Bird Friendly certification was important to her and her farm, COMSA member Miriam Pérez reflected, “It is important to care for and create biodiversity...This creates balance in life on this planet.” Their conscientious stewardship is grounded in their beliefs: “We feel and see ourselves as beings of light, with a divine level of consciousness that allows us to see God in the nature, the water, the air, the trees, the flowers, and the birds.”
Producer Organization - Cafe Organico Marcala
Region - La Paz, Marcala
Notes: Milk Chocolate, Orange, Brown Sugar
Certifications: Fair Trade, and Shade Grown
Elevation in feet - 1220 to 1540 MASL
Varietals: Bourbon, Typica, Catuai, Caturra
Milling Process: Fully Washed
Drying Process: Mechanical
Harvest Start Month: December
Harvest End Month: April
In the year 2000, 62 Honduran coffee farmers joined together with a common goal to transform their farms from conventional to organic production and formed COMSA (Cafe Organico Marcala, S.A). In 2001, fostered by a foundation called Funder, COMSA earned their organic certification from Bio Latina which has enabled them to market their coffee to more international buyers and realize better selling prices for their coffee. In February 2006, COMSA then applied for and was granted Fair Trade certification status. COMSA uses the Fair Trade price premium to fund many social projects including paying teachers’ salaries and purchasing school supplies.