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At key moments I've encountered specific coffees that have lined up perfectly with what was happening in my life. Call it fate, call it synchronicity of the universe, call it me liking my job a little too much. I've had coffees comfort me during break ups, inspire me to take a chance to better my self, help me see a city in a whole new way and pull me out of the winter doldrums.  The Honduras Linda Vista is one of these coffees.

This is a coffee that reaches me at exactly the right moment and that I will remember for years to come. This is soon to be my second winter in upstate New York, and to be honest, the second real winter of my life. Coming from the west coast, winter to me is short gray days. I'd never before experienced cold that kept me house bound. I'd only once seen water other than the cubed variety freeze. I'd never been so without green for so long. I've been judging and dreading this fast approaching fall because of the inevitable winter that follows. Until I got to know this Honduran coffee.
The almost overpowering scent of sweet baking spices lured me in, next I was greeted with woodsy strength and then clean crisp brightness. The first sip is reminiscent of biting into peach cobbler; warming, sweet, buttery and rich. The taste lingers and turns floral; a last breath of summer.

So go ahead; grab a sweater, some homemade apple sauce, a mug of this coffee and go sit on the porch. Watch the leaves fall and listen to the geese flying south. Because I have beautiful coffee in my life I'm going to enjoy fall. And ya know what? I'm going to try to enjoy winter.