MONTHLY SPECIAL - Honduras, Las Botijas, Finca La Antartida Honey
Every month, our resident Q Grader and third-generation Wogan, James, searches the world to find a coffee that is ‘weird and wonderful’, and truly excites. A micro-lot, a great back-story, an impressive cooperative, or a particularly unusual taste; once it's gone, it's gone.
We keep the prices of these extraordinary coffees down, so that you have the chance to try something that you might not be able to get your hands on otherwise.
About the Farm & Producer
Finca La Antártida is a 21-hectare coffee farm nestled in the mountainous terrain of Las Botijas, within the La Paz department of Honduras. Owned and operated by dedicated producer Juan Silvestre, the farm is situated at an elevation of approximately 1,700 metres above sea level. This high altitude, combined with a cool, mountainous climate, ensures the coffee cherries mature slowly, allowing for a highly developed, complex profile.
Las Botijas is part of the renowned Montecillos coffee-growing region, an area celebrated for its fertile soils and unique microclimates. It is a rural community where traditional customs are proudly preserved, such as transporting goods using ox-drawn carts. The community's dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainable farming practices shines through in the exceptional quality of their coffee production.
The Selection Process
This coffee comes to us via a "Farm Select" sourcing program. These are excellent, highly traceable lots sourced from individual farms that offer an elevated cup profile. By supporting these selections, we are able to ensure that individual coffee farmers directly receive the monetary impact of the quality premiums paid for their harvest.
The Honey Processing Method
Originally developed in Costa Rica as a way to significantly reduce water usage, the honey process has gained widespread popularity across Central America. This method is a hybrid of washed and natural processing. Small, quality-focused producers in Honduras have recently adopted this technique to beautifully complement and elevate the characteristics of the region's traditional profile.
Why Wogan?
Ethical
We work closely with farms worldwide to make sure that coffee farmers are paid a fair price, through Fairtrade and our own Direct Trade certifications. Working hard with coffee farmers to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
Sustainable
We maintain long term relationships with our carefully selected coffee farms, to provide the stability they need to plan for the future. The added bonus? Coffee that improves with every single crop, as their farming practices and equipment improves.
LDPE4 Recyclable
Helping you to do your bit. Our bags are LDPE4 recyclable, meaning they can be recycled in supermarkets. Alternatively, you can check with your Local Authority to see if they will collect it for you. Green lights include mentions of; bread bags, frozen food bags, squeezable bottles, bubble wrap, and carrier bags.
Carbon Pledge
We've pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030, and we're already well on the way. Our warehouses are now powered by solar panels, with the extra juice fuelling our fleet of electric vehicles.
Sustainable and ethical
We've made it this generation's mission to put sustainability at the forefront. We’ve pledged to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 and are well on our way to getting there. LDPE4 recyclable bags, a Roastery powered entirely by solar energy, and a hell of a lot more.
our story
We, at Wogan Coffee, have been lovingly hand-roasting speciality, ethical, sustainable and traceable coffees since 1970. In our third generation, and a wholly independent family company, you can find us rooted in Bristol; the same city as when Mr Wogan established the business over fifty years ago. Laura and James, grandchildren of the bowler hatted gentleman, now have the ropes firmly in their grasp; James as our resident Q Grader in the Bristol Roastery Headquarters, and Laura in London.
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