About Madre Tierra Honduras
Grown in the fertile soils of Honduras, North American. Madre Tierra is a washed coffee sourced by producers within the GEA Women's Project, in Lempira, Ocotepeque, Intibuca, Copan, La Paz, El Paraíso and Comayagua. The coffee plants are grown at altitudes between 1,100 and 1,650 meters, the coffee cherries are then picked and dried on patios, with solar dryers or on raised beds. When coffee is growing at high altitudes like this one, it slows down the growing process allowing the coffee beans to absorb the natural sugars from the coffee cherry, resulting in a more flavourful cup.
 
Woman producers, whether because a partner has passed away or migrated, or out of pure passion for coffee - seize the opportunities that coffee presents, taking a rough patch of land and turning it into a successful coffee farm. The women rise before dawn to care for children and elders and tend to housekeeping, all before heading to the fields to tend to the coffee plants.
 
In Greek mythology, Gea (pronounced hay-uh) is the Goddess of all creation and the mother of earth. Madre Tierra is Spanish for Mother Earth. As this coffee was created by over 400 women producers, we wanted the name to reflect the determined spirit of women. We were inspired by the link to Gea when designing the label for our new coffee.
 
We roast this coffee to-order in small batches from our Northumberland based roastery to ensure optimum freshness and flavour by the time it makes it into your mug.
 
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