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Archive: Honduras La Leona — supplied coffee image 1
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🇭🇳Honduras · Santa Bárbara

Archive: Honduras La Leona

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsHondurasSanta BárbaraParainemaWashedLight roastHoney flavorArabicaSingle originSpecialtyLa LeonaEdgardo TinocoVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇭🇳HondurasWashedParainemaLight roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇭🇳Honduras
Region
Santa Bárbara
Town
—
Farm / Station
La Leona
Farmer / Producer
Edgardo Tinoco
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Parainema
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Cranberry, Lemongrass, Clover Honey
Fermentation
—
Drying
Raised beds
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mVerve publishes only a 1,550–1,640 meter range; no midpoint was invented.
  • harvest dateThe exact archive does not publish a harvest date for this release.
  • fermentation durationVerve identifies washed processing but does not disclose a fermentation duration.
  • drying durationVerve confirms raised-bed drying but does not disclose its duration.
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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
    Archive: Honduras La Leona
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Parainema
  5. 05
    The farm
    La Leona
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Edgardo Tinoco
  7. 07
    The region
    Santa Bárbara
  8. 08
    The country
    🇭🇳Honduras
From the producer

Edgardo Tinoco bought La Leona in 2015 and works there with his sons Mauricio and Junior. Verve describes a partnership spanning more than a decade.

From the roaster

Verve presents this light-roasted washed lot as mellow and balanced, with fresh cranberry and lemongrass supported by gentle clover-honey sweetness.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This release connects a named farm and producer with an exact Parainema cultivar, washed process, raised-bed drying, and a documented 1,550 to 1,640 meter elevation range.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Washed process

The cherries were washed to emphasize clarity and restraint.

02
Raised-bed drying

Verve states that the coffee was dried on raised beds overlooking the reserve.

What was added?

No fruit, flavoring, or inoculated culture is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

Fermentation duration and total drying time are not published for this release.

Why it matters

The process is presented as keeping the cranberry and lemongrass notes focused while preserving a smooth, balanced structure.

What you might taste

Cranberry, lemongrass, clover honey, balanced acidity, and smooth texture.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/la-leona
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 Leona →Meet the farmer: Edgardo Tinoco →
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