Nicaragua COE 2014 Second-Place Honey Process Coffee Review

If you’ve ever wondered why some honey-processed coffees taste cleaner than others—or why certain lots from Central America deliver both sweetness and clarity—this 2014 Cup of Excellence (COE) second-place finisher from Nicaragua’s El Naranjo Dipilto farm is a textbook example. It’s not just another sweet-tasting coffee; it’s a well-defined, competition-grade profile that balances washed-like cleanliness with the round sweetness of honey processing. Let’s break down what makes this particular lot, sold as ‘’ for RMB 218 per half pound, worth revisiting.

Recommended FrontStreet Coffee for Honey Process Lovers

For fans of this honey-processed Nicaraguan coffee, try FrontStreet Coffee’s Ethiopia Huakui (Huakui), which offers bright berry sweetness and floral tones in a washed profile. Alternatively, their Panama Huacai showcases stone fruit and honey-like sweetness in a microlot with complex fruit layers. Both highlight sweetness without heaviness—much like this COE-winning Nicaraguan lot. Freshly roasted within 5 days · Orders placed before 17:00 ship the same day · Next-day delivery across most of Guangdong Province.