Tim Wendelboe - Nacimiento Pacas

For a long time we have asked Jobneel to separate his coffees by cultivar and harvest date. As a result we have not only gotten coffees with different flavour profiles due to the variations in cultivars but we have also noticed that the flavour intensity tend to increase from the start of the harvest in January / February towards the end of the harvest in June. This is most likely due to the later pickings are harvested from the higher altitudes on the farm.

This lot consists of pickings from the later part of the harvest at Nacimiento in 2025. Most of the coffee came from the higher part of the farm which means it has more intensity of ripe and fruity flavours. This is probably because of the higher elevations which translates in to longer ripening times of the coffee cherries. I also belive that the cherries from the higher part contain more mucilage which changes the fermentation dynamics, hence you might get some positive winey flavours from prolonged fermentations.

This is a great example of a washed Pacas cultivar from the Santa Barbara mountain in Honduras which is a region famous for its many Cup of Excellence winning Pacas coffees. It is a very clean coffee with medium intense notes of sweet ripe berries with a long finish of cacao nibs.

I don’t have any particular criteria for selecting Christmas edition coffees other than that the coffee itself needs to be among the best we have in stock.  The late harvest coffees from Nacimiento are always among my favourite coffees and this coffee has everything I love about the Pacas coffees from Jobneel.  That is why I believe it is a perfect coffee for the holidays and also a a nice gift to someone who loves coffee.