Driven by a Passion for Specialty Coffee
Our mission is to cultivate and process exceptional specialty coffee from the mountains of Nicaragua and Honduras
The band is back, baby!
Los Favoritos Vol. VI will be released June 1st, 2023. This compilation will feature the very best gems the Mierisch family can produce from their farms in Nicaragua AND Honduras. One family. Two coffee origins. One auction.
But what are Los Favoritos?
They're the gems that stand out amongst already tremendous coffees. The company favorites. The head turners. Conversation starters. Our greatest hits.
Nano-lots in the truest sense of the word.
Our partners Alliance For Coffee Excellence & Cup of Excellence will be coordinating judging panels at different GCC locations worldwide. The professional and seasoned judges will help us narrow down our top selections to the absolute best 15 lots we got frpm Nicaragua & Honduras.
When is the auction?
The auction date set for June 1st, 2023. To participate you can purchase a sample set that includes all the coffees that will be featured in the auction. By purchasing the sample set you automatically get registered into the auction. But if you wanna take a ride on the wild side, you can just buy the auction registration for $25. Up to you.
*Sample sets will be limited*
It starts with an optimally ripe cherry that is hand-picked. Then it's about care and diligence during the processing, fermentation, slow drying, milling, and sorting. It takes years of trial and error, cultivar & process experimentation, never being completely satisfied, acknowledging that we do not know everything, never settling for the status quo, and making personal and financial improvements to help us get to the next level. Every harvest we know we can improve something, and we always try.
Farming Quality Coffee
Coffee is all about consistency. You want your coffee to taste the same throughout the day, and year after year. We strive to give our clients the same quality, or better, every harvest. We’re able to achieve this through our strict and detailed harvesting and processing protocols. We are aware that our clients want to serve consistency.
Consistency is Key
It’s a humbling effort that can only be achieved by focusing on one cherry, one tree, one day, and one bag at a time. This focus allows us to achieve complete lot separation - giving us the opportunity to search for the jewels on the cupping table.
It’s not for the easily frustrated or the impatient. In some cases it takes up to 4 years to taste the results of an experiment. The reward of this work is the breadth of unique cup qualities in the lots we offer.
Attention to Detail
“It’s not easy achieving quality coffee year after year. Mother nature can only take us so far - the rest is up to us.”
— Doc Mierisch