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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇭🇳Honduras · Santa Bárbara

Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha

Roasted by Onyx Coffee LabRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsHondurasSanta BárbaraGeshaWashedLight roastApricotOrangeArabicaSingle originLa SalsaBenjamin PazOnyx Coffee LabIndependent
🇭🇳HondurasWashedGeshaLight roast
Brand
Onyx Coffee Lab
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇭🇳Honduras
Region
Santa Bárbara
Town
—
Farm / Station
La Salsa
Farmer / Producer
Benjamin Paz
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Apricot, Orange Blossom, White Grape, Matcha
Fermentation
Depulped and dry-fermented for 24 hours, then channel washed
Drying
Raised-bed dried, approximately 15 days
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • harvest yearOnyx publishes March but not the crop year for this archived release.
  • formal gradeThe exact release does not publish an export or competition grade.
  • sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release rating with a transparent method 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.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Honduras Benjamin Paz Gesha
  2. 02
    The brand
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Onyx Coffee Lab
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Salsa
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Benjamin Paz
  7. 07
    The region
    Santa Bárbara
  8. 08
    The country
    🇭🇳Honduras
From the producer

Benjamin Paz is a prominent producer, roaster, and exporter who has significantly influenced the specialty coffee industry in Santa Barbara, Honduras. His farm, La Salsa, is located at high elevation and is known for producing award-winning Gesha coffee.

From the roaster

Onyx Coffee Lab is committed to sourcing exceptional coffees globally and maintains a deep understanding of the various coffee varieties currently being cultivated.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Benjamin Paz is a producer, roaster, and exporter whose La Salsa farm has earned major competition recognition. This exact release is documented as a high-elevation Gesha, but Onyx does not identify it as one of the farm's specific Cup of Excellence-winning lots.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Completed provenance

Linked Santa Bárbara and added La Salsa's exact 1,650-meter elevation.

02
Documented processing

Added March harvest, 24-hour dry fermentation, channel washing, approximately 15-day raised-bed drying, and the verified washed relation.

03
Corrected the award claim

Separated Benjamin Paz and La Salsa's competition history from this exact release, which Onyx does not identify as a Cup of Excellence-winning lot.

What was added?

Verified region, elevation, harvest month, fermentation, washing, drying duration, process classification, availability, sources, and evidence limits.

What wasn't added?

No harvest year, formal grade, exact-lot competition award, original tasting score, or independent sentiment rating was invented.

Why it matters

The page now distinguishes exact-lot facts from producer reputation and avoids turning catalog models into public sentiment.

What you might taste

Onyx lists apricot, orange blossom, white grape, and matcha.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://onyxcoffeelab.com/en-int/products/honduras-benjamin-paz-gesha-26
  • · https://www.beaniebeans.com/coffee/honduras-benjamin-paz-gesha-onyx-coffee-lab
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/onyx-honduras-benjamin-paz-gesha-25
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 2026-10-25) 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:

Meet the farm: La Salsa →Meet the farmer: Benjamin Paz →
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