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Edwin Enrique Noreña - Black Honey Caturra Co-Fermented Watermelon Lemonade

Edwin Enrique Noreña - Black Honey Caturra Co-Fermented Watermelon Lemonade

Little Waves Coffee Roasters

About This Coffee

This coffee is from Finca Campo Hermoso in Armenia, Quindio Department, Colombia, grown at 1,600 meters altitude. The producer is Edwin Enrique Noreña, a 3rd-generation coffee producer, trained agronomist, certified Q-grader, and Cup of Excellence judge. The Caturra variety is processed using black honey co-fermented with watermelon and lemonade. The coffee features watermelon bubblegum, lemonade, rose water, and rock candy notes with a juicy mouthfeel.

Origin

Quindío (Colombia)
Armenia (Colombia)

Flavor Notes

Citrus Fruit, Lemonade, Watermelon, Rock Candy, Bubblegum, Rose Water

Roast Level

Processing

Black Honey, Honey Co-Fermented

Typology

Arabica
Caturra
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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