Bersi Sagastume and Edwin Pineda - Natural SL 28

by Black & White

MEET THE PRODUCERS | With this coffee, we have the distinct pleasure of featuring two members of the most renown producing families in Honduras - and they married each other! Bersi Sagastume is the daughter of third-generation producer and Sagastume family patriarch, Pedro Sagastume. The Sagastume family has spent decades building something of a coffee empire in the Santa Barbara region of Honduras. In recent years, Pedro has divided his farms into multiple lots and given many of them to his children to manage and cultivate for themselves - including El Pozo, which is now owned and overseen by his daughter, Bersi. In turn, Edwin Pineda is a member of the beloved Pineda family, and we've featured coffees from many of its members over the years (including our friend Benjamin Paz, who also has his name on a black label release this week!). Due to some logistical hoops in Honduras, this SL28 lot had to be entered in Edwin's name at the 2023 Honduras Cup of Excellence, where it took 21st p