La Bendición is a Catuai variety coffee from Jesus Garcia's 2.7-hectare farm in the village of Buena Vista, Comayagua, Honduras, located at 1,600 meters above sea level. This fully washed coffee offers a clean and balanced cup profile with bright fruitiness, sweetness, and a soft, lingering finish. The cup features notes of yellow fruits such as peach and apricot, as well as dark sugar. The coffee is processed with great care: ripe cherries are hand-picked daily, then floated to remove defects and fermented for 30 hours in tanks. After fermentation, the beans are dried on mesh beds under indirect sunlight for about 15 days. Jesus Garcia is a third-generation coffee producer who has been cultivating coffee for 30 years, focusing on quality over quantity.
Good Life Coffee Roasters grew from a Helsinki café venture that Lauri Pipinen opened in 2012, eventually establishing the dedicated roastery in 2014. Lauri, a three time Finnish barista champion, brings championship pedigree to the operation and has competed in the World Coffee Championships representing Finland. The roastery's philosophy is straightforward and unpretentious: source and roast coffee that is fresh, tasty, and easy to drink. Over the years, the roastery has evolved from a small neighborhood café into an award-winning operation, earning the title of Best Roaster at the Nordic Coffee Fest in 2024.
