The story of this coffee began last year as a 10-year celebration of our beloved Probat, roaster Betty. Lovingly rescued and hand-restored by the Extract team, she has been the heartbeat of our roastery for over a decade.
To celebrate Betty we launched a new coffee to honour women working in every part of the coffee supply chain. With Betty, we want to share stories of the amazing women in coffee and start conversations about how to improve diversity, equity and equality throughout our industry.
This year’s Betty is from Liquidámbar, an organic farm in the San Marcos region of Honduras. A delicious honey-processed coffee, great with milk, mylk or straight-up black. We recommend a brew ratio of 1:2 for espresso. But this brew would definitely start any day off on the right footing as a no-fuss brew in a cafetiere.
Coffee cherries are picked, pulped (skins removed) and dried for 12-15 days. This process is known as the honey process – on account of the sticky sweet flavours & colour of the cherries as they dry. The honey-process from Liquidámbar is produced exclusively for Extract Coffee Roasters.
After processing, the cherry pulp is recycled as compost, with the help of the Californian red worm, and reused on the farm. Great care is taken to protect the water resources of the farm, which also serve the local community and indigenous wildlife. Social, as well as environmental responsibility, are paramount here and workers are both housed and provided with medical care by the farm.
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