Hunapu

STORY

We are excited to bring this coffee back to our menu for the seventh year, though we have been working with Luis Pedro Zelaya for over ten years. Luis Pedro is a fourth-generation coffee farmer with an agronomic background. He pays impeccable detail to the growing and production of coffee, implementing innovative techniques to produce high quality crops year after year. The city of Antigua holds a prevalent colonial history visible in its infrastructure and lasting effects on indigenous groups. 

Coffee produced through the Hunapu project highlights Luis Pedro’s attention to the land and its history. Selecting only the highest quality coffee and sorting the beans for specialty processes emphasizes the value of bourbon and other varieties. The goal is to generate resources to increase the infrastructure for indigenous communities to produce high-quality coffee. 

The nutrient-rich volcanic soil from the three volcanoes that surround Antigua easily grow high quality coffee. Coffee sorted for Hunapu are 100% bourbon cherries that are delivered and sorted at Beneficio Bella Vista. They are processed by a long, cool fermentation and washed thoroughly before being dried on raised beds.