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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gigantic; not a documentary photograph

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gigantic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Gigantic; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Gigantic

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsPacamaraWashedLight roastCaramelArabicaBlendCounter Culture CoffeeIndependent
Blend: El Salvador · HondurasLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Countries
El Salvador · Honduras
Regions
Santa Ana · Marcala · Ocotepeque
Town
—
Farm / Station
Varies by component — see below
Farmer / Producer
Multiple contributors — see blend components
Species
Arabica
Type
Blend
Grade
Not specified
Varieties
Pacamara
Process
See individual components
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
fuji apple, nectarine, caramel
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • country idThis is a two-country blend; no single country relationship was assigned.
  • region idThe three components come from different regions in El Salvador and Honduras.
  • farm idThree farms contribute to the release; the exact component farms are documented in blend_components instead of forcing one farm link.
  • producer idMultiple producer groups contribute; their component identities are documented without forcing one coffee-level producer.
  • altitude mCounter Culture publishes a 1,500–1,700 m range across components; no midpoint was invented.
  • fermentationThe exact release states washed processing but does not publish component fermentation protocols.
  • drying methodThe exact release does not publish component drying methods.
  • price usdThe primary page exposes $4.31/lb as FOB, not retail. An independent catalog repeats the same number in a retail table, so it was rejected as copied/mislabeled pricing.
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Sourcing explained

Who grew each part of this blend?

This coffee combines separately grown lots. A producer named for one component is not the grower of the entire blend. 50% Finca Santa Elena, El Salvador; 25% Finca El Puente, Honduras; 25% Finca Pashapa, Honduras

Finca Santa Elena Pacamara

Country:
El Salvador
Region:
Santa Ana
Farm / station:
Finca Santa Elena
Producer:
Fernando Lima
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
50%
Research note:
Largest component of the documented September 30–present blend.

Finca El Puente Pacamara

Country:
Honduras
Region:
Marcala
Farm / station:
Finca El Puente
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
25%
Research note:
One quarter of the documented blend.

Finca Pashapa Pacamara

Country:
Honduras
Region:
Ocotepeque
Farm / station:
Finca Pashapa
Producer:
Salazar family
Processing:
Washed
Proportion:
25%
Research note:
One quarter of the documented blend.

Check the roaster’s current component disclosure ↗

The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

A blend contains several origin chains, not one farmer or country. The component records above show each documented origin; undisclosed details stay undisclosed.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Gigantic
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    Varieties
    Pacamara
  5. 05
    Farms / processing sites
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The growers
    Multiple contributors — see component details above
  7. 07
    Regions
    Santa Ana · Marcala · Ocotepeque
  8. 08
    Countries
    El Salvador · Honduras
From the producer

The blend combines Pacamara from Fernando Lima's Finca Santa Elena in El Salvador, Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera's Finca El Puente in Honduras, and the Salazar family's Finca Pashapa in Honduras.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a Durham-based roaster founded in 1995 that focuses on sourcing from small-scale producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A single-variety, three-farm Pacamara blend built around large seed size and the variety's apple-like acidity, fruit character, and caramel sweetness.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Mapped the blend

Added the exact 50/25/25 component percentages and connected each component to its existing farm and producer record.

02
Completed production data

Added washed processing, January–March 2024 harvest, 1,500–1,700 m component range, Pacamara, and light roast.

03
Avoided a false single origin

Left country, region, farm, and producer relationship fields empty at the coffee level because this release spans three farms and two countries.

04
Checked sentiment

The exact TheBeanGeek catalog says to be the first to rate it; no independent exact-release review qualified.

What was added?

Exact three-farm blend composition, component relationships, process, harvest, elevation range, variety, tasting notes, and sold-out status.

What wasn't added?

No single country, region, farm, producer, scalar altitude, price, original tasting score, or public sentiment rating was added.

Why it matters

The page now exposes the blend's full traceability instead of reducing it to one farm or one country.

What you might taste

Fuji apple and nectarine brightness balanced by caramel sweetness.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/gigantic
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 2026-10-26) 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

Beans with Beanie’s exact catalog has no ratings or written reviews. A favorable Reddit comment from roughly a decade earlier refers to an older same-name release and was excluded because it cannot establish the 2024 blend identity. Roaster copy and copied catalog pricing were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

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