This washed lot from Orbin Orellana comes from the high-elevation communities of Santa Bárbara, one of Honduras’ most reliable regions for dense, structured coffees. Like many producers in the area, Orbin works on a small family plot where careful picking, steady fermentation, and patient drying aren’t special practices—they’re simply the way things have always been done.
Cherries are hand-selected at peak ripeness before being depulped on the farm and moved through a traditional washed process. A controlled fermentation followed by thorough washing and slow, attentive drying brings out the region’s hallmark balance: sweetness, clarity, and a clean finish carried by the natural density of Santa Bárbara-grown coffee.
In the cup, expect ripe stone fruit, citrus brightness, and a rounded, sugary sweetness—the kind of profile that made the region’s washed lots dependable favorites long before the spotlight ever reached Honduras.
This coffee represents the quiet craft of Santa Bárbara: producers who work with intention, mills that support them without overcomplicating the process, and coffees that stand on their own without needing embellishment.
Green Price
$6.05
Green cost, milling, transport, taxes and exporting fees.
Transport
$1.07
Importing fees and transport from the farm to Chicago, Illinois.
Our Cost of Production
$6.08
Labor, Rent, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off
Metric
$13.20
Per 10.5oz bag of coffee
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Orbin Orellana
Santa Bárbara, Honduras
- Producer Orbin Orellana
- Elevation 1550 MASL
- Process Washed
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Quality
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Traceability
Traceability gives recognition to the producers and validates where the coffee is grown, picked, and processed.
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Transparency
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Paying More
As an Independent Specialty Coffee Roaster, we always pay well above the C-Market based on two factors; the quality of coffee and the cost of production.
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Fair Wage
A fair wage begins with paying higher premiums to the coffee producer in tandem with providing competitive wages and benefits for our staff here at Metric.
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