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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Honduras Caballero Family Experimental, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Caballero Family Experimental; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Caballero Family Experimental; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Caballero Family Experimental; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇭🇳Honduras · Marcala

Honduras Caballero Family Experimental

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsHondurasMarcalaWashedCaramelArabicaSingle originIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Smallholder collective lotVariety undisclosed
🇭🇳HondurasWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇭🇳Honduras
Region
Marcala
Town
Marcala
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Caballero family (Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero, Marysabel Caballero, and Moisés)
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
Not disclosed for this release
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Caramel, Stone Fruit
Fermentation
Freshly harvested coffee cherries were sealed under the family's “semi-anaerobic” conditions for three days before traditional washed processing resumed.
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farmThe exact page attributes the coffee to the Caballero family but does not identify a specific farm.
  • varietyThe exact product page does not disclose the variety.
  • altitude mNo lot-specific elevation is published.
  • harvestNo harvest month or year is published.
  • drying methodThe exact product page does not state the drying apparatus or duration.
  • roast levelThe exact release does not provide a conventional light/medium/dark roast label.
  • gradeNo exact source publishes a formal green-coffee or cupping grade.
  • release chronologyCherrybook records different tasting notes and a broader process label but provides no crop identifier tying them to the current page iteration.
  • public sentiment ratingThe one exact independent catalog source contains no qualifying coffee-specific rating or written review.
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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
    Honduras Caballero Family Experimental
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed for this release
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Caballero family (Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero, Marysabel Caballero, and Moisés)
  7. 07
    The region
    Marcala
  8. 08
    The country
    🇭🇳Honduras
From the producer

The Caballero family is a long-term Intelligentsia Direct Trade partner in the Marcala area. Intelligentsia’s exact product page says the family has produced more than 20 Honduras Cup of Excellence-winning lots since 2004, while its current Honduras partner page states 18 overall. Because the official sources conflict, no precise cumulative total is asserted here.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presents this release as one of the Caballero family's processing experiments.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The release documents a defined three-day sealed-cherry fermentation before traditional washed processing, rather than using “experimental” as an unexplained label.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the live exact listing

Confirmed the $25, 12-ounce sold-out release, caramel and stone-fruit notes, and the Caballero family attribution.

02
Separated the experimental stage from the base process

Recorded the three-day sealed-cherry “semi-anaerobic” stage and the subsequent return to a traditional washed process without inventing oxygen measurements, vessels, additives or microbial inoculation.

03
Reconciled source conflicts

Kept current Intelligentsia tasting notes over Cherrybook’s unidentified historical capture and documented the official disagreement over the family’s cumulative Cup of Excellence-winning lot count.

04
Audited public feedback

Found no qualifying independent exact-release rating or tasting review; Cherrybook’s 63 evidence index and roaster-level Reddit signal were excluded from public sentiment.

What was added?

No fruit, spices, flavorings, co-fermentation substrate or inoculated culture is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

No exact farm, cultivar, elevation, harvest, drying method, roast level, public score, original score or owner tasting observation was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now explains the unusual pre-fermentation accurately, keeps the washed process relationship, and exposes rather than conceals conflicts between current and historical catalog evidence.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia’s live exact page lists caramel and stone fruit.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/honduras-caballero-family-experimental
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/pages/honduras-origin
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-honduras-caballero-family-experimental
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 2026-11-01) 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

Cherrybook’s exact catalog record was checked but contains no coffee-specific reader rating, on-shop aggregate, Coffee Review score, SCA grade or independent tasting review. Its 63 is explicitly an evidence-of-quality coverage index rather than a cup score, and its Reddit signal is roaster-level. Best Quality Coffee lists the exact product and price but exposes no review evidence. Non-exact, roaster-wide, directory, affiliate and different-release signals were excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Caballero family (Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero, Marysabel Caballero, and Moisés) →
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