Dulce Marlen, filter coffee
Dulce Marlen - filter coffee from Honduras
Dulce Marlen is back - and how. Last year we did microlots for the first time with our partners from 18Conejo in Honduras and you liked the coffee as much as we did. The high sweetness guarantees a velvety texture. This integrates a delicate, slightly juicy acidity that continues into the aftertaste. The aromas of blossom honey and almonds replace any dessert.
Dulce Marlen - coffee information
Roasted for: all common filter methods and cold brew
Origin: Honduras, Marcala
Producers: 18 Conejo, Fincas by Dulce Marlen (mother) & Napo (son)
Varieties: Catuai. 100% Arabica.
Post-harvest process: Reposa, depulped, fermented, washed
Certification: Demeter - biodynamically produced
All of our coffees are sold as whole beans.
Why does coffee taste the way it does?
After harvesting, Dulce Marlen packs the cherries in large plastic bags and lets them rest for 42 hours. In Nicaragua we call this reposa . The higher temperature and minimal oxygen catalyze the first fermentation. This accentuates the acidity. She then pulps the coffee and puts the beans with the sugary pectin layer ( miel , mucilage ) back into the bags. In a second fermentation the texture becomes heavier. After 16 hours the coffee is washed and slowly dried. With a slightly longer development time during roasting, we emphasize the velvety texture and sweet notes.
Brewing recommendation: Hario V60
| Amount of coffee | 17 grams |
| Total amount of water |
280 grams |
| Water temperature |
97 degrees |
| Grinding degree |
Slightly finer than your usual V60 grind |
| Blooming |
40 grams (30 seconds) |
| Brewing time |
2:30 - 2:40 |
| Infusions |
3 infusions (including blooming) up to 40g, up to 200g, up to 270, finished pouring at 1:35 |
Brewing recommendation: Aeropress with bypass
| Amount of coffee | 18 grams |
| Grinding degree |
like Drip / Hario / filter coffee |
| Water temperature |
90 degrees, 100 degrees, room temperature |
| Aeropress |
Set up the Aeropress upside down so that the tank is open at the top. |
| Recipe |
Pour in 40ml and stir, water at 90° After 35 seconds increase to 120ml, water at 90°, put on the lid with filter and close Turn at 1:05 and press until 1:35 Then bypass with 50ml at 100° and 35ml room temperature |
Video about Dulce Marlen filter coffee
Tell me more about Dulce Marlen
We have been visiting our partners from 18 Conejo in Honduras for several years. Flhor Zelaya runs the company and we named our Café Crème after her. We got to know Flhor's mother, Dulce Marlen, as a shrewd, decisive woman with a lot of mischief. Dulce Marlen grows coffee according to Demeter principles on her Finca Dulce Luna. Anyone who has experienced as much as Dulce Marlen deserves her own coffee, which we are happy to name after her. Napo(leon) is Dulce Marlen's son and contributed coffee for this year's harvest so that we could make a little more volume.