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Archive: Honduras Leonicio Castellon — supplied coffee image 1
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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
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsHondurasSanta BárbaraHoneyLight roastPlumArabicaSingle originFinca La TigraLeonicio CastellonVerve Coffee RoastersIndependent
🇭🇳HondurasHoneyField BlendLight 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
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Plum, Lychee, Pink Lemonade
Fermentation
Honey process; exact fermentation duration was not published for this archived release.
Drying
Careful drying is described by Verve, but the exact surface and duration were not published.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • harvest dateThe exact Verve archive does not publish a harvest date.
  • cultivar proportionsCatuaí and Parainema are verified, but their proportions are not disclosed.
  • honey-process specificationVerve does not state how much mucilage remained or publish release-specific fermentation details.
  • drying method and durationThe archive describes careful drying but gives neither a drying surface nor duration.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release review or numeric score was verified; roaster-hosted and catalog material was excluded.
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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
    Field Blend
  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 grows coffee at Finca La Tigra in Santa Bárbara. Verve describes a long-running relationship with the farm, where Leonicio and his agronomist son manage high-elevation Catuaí and Parainema.

From the roaster

Verve archived this as a light-roasted, honey-processed Farmlevel release with a tart, tropical profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This archive page preserves a distinct honey-processed Catuaí and Parainema release from Finca La Tigra. Keeping it separate from the current anaerobic-washed Catuaí prevents two vintages from being collapsed into one profile.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Honey process

Verve identifies this archived lot as honey processed. The exact amount of retained mucilage was not published.

02
Fermentation and drying

Verve credits careful fermentation and drying at Finca La Tigra but does not publish the exact duration or drying surface for this release.

What was added?

No added ingredients are disclosed by Verve.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring, or external ingredient was disclosed.

Why it matters

The honey process is part of this release's identity and separates it from Verve's later anaerobic-washed Leonicio Castellon lot.

What you might taste

Verve lists plum, lychee, and pink lemonade.

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