Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Honduras Caballeros Geisha Washed, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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🇭🇳Honduras · Marcala

Honduras Caballeros Geisha Washed

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsHonduras Marcala Gesha Washed Plum Arabica Single origin Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇭🇳HondurasWashedGesha

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

Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Gesha

Process

Roast

—

Tasting notes

red licorice, plum, floral

Fermentation

—

Drying

Raised beds

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

—

Why some details are blank

farm idThe exact 2026 release names the producers and Marcala region but does not identify a specific farm.
gradeThe roaster does not publish a formal grade for this release, so the profile records Not specified.
fermentationThe exact page identifies a washed process but does not disclose fermentation or washing details.
roast levelIntelligentsia uses a proprietary Comforting scale that is not mapped to the site's conventional roast-level categories.
sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release review or rating was found.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Honduras Caballeros Geisha Washed
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Gesha
Documented
05
The farm
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The farmer
Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera
Documented
07
The region
Marcala
Documented
08
The country
🇭🇳Honduras
Documented

From the producer

Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera lead the Caballero family operation in Marcala, La Paz. Intelligentsia says the relationship includes the wider Caballero family and credits the group with 14 Honduras Cup of Excellence finalist lots.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia lists the Caballero family as a Direct Trade partner since 2003 on the current release details and describes a working relationship in Marcala extending back to 2004.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This 2026 Geisha release documents the producer pair, regional origin, elevation range, harvest window, washed preparation and raised-bed drying while avoiding the unsupported assumption that the lot came from Las Virginias.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Exact 2026 release verified

Confirmed Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera, Marcala/La Paz, Geisha, the 1,500–1,600 m range, January–March 2026 harvest, and the $40 sold-out offer.

Washed preparation retained

Kept washed processing and raised-bed drying while leaving fermentation duration, washing protocol, and drying duration undisclosed.

Farm boundary preserved

Kept the verified producer relationship but did not attach a specific farm because the exact release names only the wider Caballero family farm operation.

Sentiment boundary rechecked

Found no qualifying independent exact-release cup review; the catalog index and roaster-level Reddit signal were excluded from public sentiment.

What was added?

Structured $40 price, refreshed sold-out verification, and an explicit exact-farm and public-scoring boundary.

What wasn't added?

No specific farm, formal grade, fermentation protocol, drying duration, conventional roast level, roast date, or public cup score was inferred.

Why it matters

The profile now reflects the documented retail offer and 2026 lot details without turning a family-wide farm reference or catalog evidence index into an exact-lot claim.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia lists red licorice, plum, and floral notes.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/honduras-caballero-family-geisha-washed
· https://www.intelligentsia.com/pages/honduras-origin
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-honduras-caballero-family-geisha-washed

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 2026-10-31) 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

The exact Cherrybook catalog was checked but excluded from sentiment: its CBI is explicitly an evidence-of-quality score rather than a cup score, and its Reddit sentiment concerns Intelligentsia generally rather than this release. Non-exact Caballero Geishas, seller listings, directories, generic-roaster sources, duplicates, and older releases were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera →

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