ONA - Honduras La Cima del Cielo - Honduras - Natural - Pacas

ONA Coffee is located in Canberra, Australia

From ONA Coffee

A juicy and fruity Pacas lot produced by Pedro Erazo, with prominent notes of red apple, fresh grapes, and stone fruit.

Pedro Erazo didn’t always plan to be a coffee farmer. His original plan was to grow vegetables on his farm to make a living for him and his family – but he realised that these crops were not providing him with enough to make a living. He knew of some coffee producers that were doing well, but as coffee plants take a few years to start producing cherries, the decision to change crops was not an easy one to make.

He kept most of his fruit trees and replanted the remainder of his farm with coffee trees. After several years, his first harvest was sold on the specialty market and the sale gave him enough money to not only get out of debt, but also begin providing his family with a better way of living. He named the farm El Milagrito, ‘the little miracle’. We have worked with Pedro since this first miracle, purchasing his Pacas coffees each year. 

Pedro has since bought several other farms, including a small lot near El Cedral village named La Cima del Cielo (‘the summit of heaven’). This coffee, a Honey Processed Pacas lot, was pulped the same day as picking before being dry fermented in concrete pools for 15 hours. Pedro uses slow drying on raised African beds inside solar dryers, moving the coffee every 30 minutes for 12-15 days to ensure consistent drying.