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Finca El Puente SL-28 Variety — supplied coffee image 1
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🇭🇳HondurasWashedSL28Light roast
Roaster website
Country
🇭🇳Honduras
Region
Marcala
Town
Chinacla
Farm / Station
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
green apple, lime, crisp clean finish
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • altitude mThe source publishes a 1,400–1,653 m range, not one representative altitude.
  • price usdThe archived roaster page does not expose a consumer retail price; secondary-catalog values were not promoted into verified commerce data.
  • bag size gThe archived roaster page does not expose a package weight; secondary-catalog values were not promoted into verified commerce data.
  • fermentationThe exact product page identifies washed processing but does not publish fermentation details.
  • drying methodThe exact product page does not publish the drying method.
  • brew recommendationNo lot-specific brew recipe is published on the exact product page.
The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Finca El Puente SL-28 Variety
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
  6. 07
    The region
  7. 08
From the producer

Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera are the husband-and-wife owners of Finca El Puente. Their Counter Culture partnership began in 2005.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee maintains a two-decade relationship with Finca El Puente, emphasizing a shared commitment to quality and accessibility.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A Honduran-grown expression of the iconic East African SL28 variety, documented as 100% SL28 and selected for its balance, complexity and crisp fruit character.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Washed process

Counter Culture identifies the 2025 SL28 harvest as washed; fermentation time, water protocol and drying method are not published.

What was added?

No added flavoring is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

The exact source does not publish fermentation duration or drying method.

Why it matters

The page now distinguishes verified washed processing from details that remain undisclosed.

What you might taste

Green apple, lime and a crisp, clean finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/finca-el-puente-sl-28
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-21) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

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