Interlaced | Special Release, 75 Bags Only

Cherry Blossom * Chocolate Orange Peel * Silky

This limited-edition coffee is a honey-processed single-farmer Honduran lot, micro-aged with Black Star Farms' Sirius Cherry Dessert Wine. 

This limited-edition coffee is a labor of love, crafted through a beautiful collaboration between two local small businesses. It blends the expertise of Black Star Farms’ master winemakers with the passion and precision of Higher Grounds’ roasters, creating a one-of-a-kind sensory experience.

Tasting Notes

Gerardo's honey-processed coffee is delightfully sweet and citrusy. The micro-aging with a cherry dessert wine brings forward a milk chocolate note. The roaster chose a medium roast, allowing the hint of caramelization to develop. The result is a sugary, semi-floral nose with an oaky depth and silky mouthfeel. This is a treat of a coffee that lingers in all the right places. 

Coffee Farmers: Gerardo and Fátima Peñalba

The roots of this coffee stretch far, entwined with a love story nearly a century in the making. The beans come from Gerardo and Fátima Peñalba, third-generation farmers who inherited their family’s coffee farm when they married. Together, they nurtured the land, refining their craft and building a legacy of quality and sustainability that has flourished for almost 100 years. 

Micro-aging & Roasting

Roaster Liona Lutes brings this coffee to life. She carefully selects the beans and oversees the micro-aging process using her signature “stave method.” Instead of aging coffee in full barrels, she places oak staves—previously infused with spirits—into the green coffee beans, allowing for a delicate infusion of flavor without overpowering their natural complexity.