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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Archive: Honduras Leonicio Castellon; not a documentary photograph

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🇭🇳Honduras · Santa Bárbara

Archive: Honduras Leonicio Castellon

Roasted by Verve Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
TagsHondurasSanta BárbaraCatuaíWashedLight roastLimeHoney flavorArabicaSingle originSpecialtyFinca La TigraLeonicio CastellonVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇭🇳HondurasWashedCatuaíLight roast
Brand
Verve Coffee Roasters
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇭🇳Honduras
Region
Santa Bárbara
Town
—
Farm / Station
Finca La Tigra
Farmer / Producer
Leonicio Castellon
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Catuaí
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Key Lime, Honey, Red Apple
Fermentation
Anaerobic fermentation
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • Harvest dateVerve's archive does not publish the harvest date for this release.
  • FermentationThe coffee is labeled Anaerobic Washed, but the vessel, duration, and temperature are not published.
  • DryingVerve does not publish the drying method or duration for this release.
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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 Leonicio Castellon
  2. 02
    The brand
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Verve Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Catuaí
  5. 05
    The farm
    Finca La Tigra
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Leonicio Castellon
  7. 07
    The region
    Santa Bárbara
  8. 08
    The country
    🇭🇳Honduras
From the producer

Leonicio Castellon is a longtime Verve partner at Finca La Tigra. His son, an agronomist, works alongside him, and Leonicio helps maintain the community water supply fed by springs in the rainforest above the farm.

From the roaster

Verve presents this light-roasted lot as lively and sweet, with anaerobic fermentation building complexity while preserving balance.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The record now connects the exact farm, producer, Catuaí cultivar, anaerobic washed process, and Santa Bárbara origin documented for this release.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Anaerobic fermentation

Verve identifies the lot as anaerobically processed.

02
Washed finish

The product information names the method Anaerobic Washed.

03
High-elevation production

Finca La Tigra sits at about 1,700 meters in cool, frequently cloudy mountain conditions.

What was added?

No fruit, flavoring, or specific inoculated culture is disclosed.

What wasn't added?

Verve does not publish the vessel, fermentation duration, temperature, or drying method.

Why it matters

The controlled low-oxygen step is described as building sweetness and complexity while preserving balance.

What you might taste

Key lime, honey, red apple, lively acidity, and a structured finish.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.vervecoffee.com/products/leonicio-castellon
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.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca La Tigra →Meet the farmer: Leonicio Castellon →
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