Mara des Bois · Honey Castillo

Single Farm · Nariño

SCA Score: 86

10 bags afloat

Sensory Experience

Strawberry Black Cherry Caramel Chocolate Fruity Vanilla

"A juicy, medium-bodied cup led by strawberry and black cherry, layered over a caramel-chocolate base with a lingering fruity vanilla sweetness."

🔥 Roaster's Insight

Roast approach: Honey-processed coffee carries more residual sugar on the parchment, so it browns and scorches faster than a washed lot, use a slightly lower charge temp and a gentler rate of rise through yellowing. A medium roast draws out the honey sweetness without baking out the red-fruit character.
Watch for: The extra sugar content means first crack can arrive with more momentum than expected, ease off heat input going into development to avoid tipping or uneven color.

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About this Coffee

Mara des Bois comes from Julio Bastidas's Finca San Isidro Labrador in La Unión, Nariño, the same farm behind our washed La Union lot, this time a honey-processed Castillo.

Cherries are pulped and left to dry with their mucilage intact through a 30-hour fermentation, building the body and red-fruit sweetness that sets this lot apart from its washed sibling.

The lot is named after Mara des Bois, a French strawberry variety prized for its intensely aromatic, wild-strawberry flavor: the closest fruit analog to the strawberry note leading the cup.