Cascara - Honduras

We are very excited to announce something new at CleverCoffee – a new Cascara, this time from our good friends in Honduras!

Cascara is one of the residual products from coffee production. As you may know, the coffee berry looks like a cherry with husk, pulp and a core.

Cascara is simply the husk of the coffee berry which has been dried – in Spanish Cascara literally means shell or rind.

Coffee farmers are largely underpaid, but cascara can be a way for farmers to add more value to their production with minimal extra effort. Depending on the processing of the coffee, cascara will either be ready immediately after peeling or will need to be dried before.

Since cascara was only recently made legal to import into Europe, we are still learning how to use it as an ingredient. Most people use it to make tea; in Yemen it is used to make the tea known as Qishr. Cascara is mixed with water, sugar, ginger, cinnamon and other spices to create a delicious, aromatic brew.

We have seen people use it to make syrup or even as an ingredient in cooking. So use your imagination! We hope you find ways to use cascara to create something new and interesting.

This cascara comes from the Cascaritas farm in Honduras. It is the by-product of their coffee, which means it has a sweet and refreshing flavour profile. When we brew this as a tea, we experience a balanced sweetness and acidity with notes of rose hip, hibiscus and lemonade.

• Origin: Honduras
• Region: Ocotepeque
• Producer: Hidardo Hernandez at Cascarita's farm
• Process: ...
• Altitude: 1300 mhp
• Flavour notes: Balanced sweetness and acidity with notes of rose hip, hibiscus and lemonade