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Katia Duke, Natural, Honduras

Katia Duke, Natural, Honduras

Little Waves Coffee Roasters

About This Coffee

This coffee is from the San Isidro Farm in Copan, Honduras, produced by Katia Duke at 1,300 meters above sea level. It features Catuai and Obatán varieties processed using the natural method. The flavor profile includes concord grape jelly, cotton candy, and apple pie with juicy sweetness. This marks the third year this producer's coffee has been carried by the roaster, representing the first Honduran producer they ever sourced from.

Origin

Copán (Honduras)

Flavor Notes

Concord Grape Jelly, Cotton Candy, Apple Pie

Roast Level

Processing

Natural

Typology

Arabica
Catuai, Obatán
LW

Little Waves Coffee Roasters

Little Waves Coffee Roasters grew out of Cocoa Cinnamon, a café founded in 2010 by Areli Barrera Grodski and Leon Grodski Barrera in the North Carolina mountains before the couple relocated to Durham in 2011. The dedicated roasting arm launched in June 2017 at the Lakewood location, using a Loring S15 Falcon that cuts energy consumption by 80 percent compared to conventional roasters. Little Waves is a Latina led, women forward company that prioritizes sourcing from women producers and farmers of color, maintaining multi year relationships built on fair pricing and mutual investment. In 2022, Roast Magazine named Little Waves its Micro Roaster of the Year, and co founder Areli was selected as a 2025 Sprudge Twenty honoree. The roastery was also featured in the Omnivore Apple TV docuseries, bringing wider attention to its model of equitable specialty coffee.

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