Benigno Mejia Pacas, Honduras

Benigno is back, baby! Light and bright with herbaceous tones of elderflower and chamomile, Benigno Mejia is a longtime GGET favorite. A lil' fruit leather on the kicker, too.

Roast Profile

Light

Dark

Flavor Profile

Citric

Earthy

Suggested Brewing

Espresso

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We came to know Benigno Mejia by way of Benjamin Paz during a May 2018 trip to Honduras, and we've been purchasing his coffee for years now. His farms are run and managed by his son, Benigno—or “Ninito”—in Las Flores, Santa Barbara. We love the fresh and floral perspective on this region's coffees that Benigno's Pacas showcases.

Varieties

Pacas

Roast

Dark

Processing Method

Washed

Drying Method

Patio and Raised Beds

Benigno plants 60% Parainema variety coffee and 40% Pacas on his farm, and we enthusiastically purchase both. This lot features Pacas, a variety discovered on a farm owned by the Pacas family in the Santa Ana region of El Salvador. Introduced to Honduras in 1974 by the IHCAFE, Pacas has a single gene mutation that leads to smaller plants and therefore higher yields and fruit production for farmers.