{ "schemaVersion": 1, "topic": "Marcala coffee", "analysisType": "Original comparison of public commercial specifications, with a separate historical-origin source check", "accessedOn": "2026-09-18", "firsthandTastingPerformed": false, "interviewsPerformed": false, "sources": [ { "id": "belco-ceiba-natural", "publisher": "Belco", "sourceType": "Primary commercial product record", "title": "Honduras - La Paz - Marcala - Ceiba - Natural - Bio", "url": "https://www.belco.fr/en/cafes/012101301101000/ceiba", "accessedOn": "2026-09-18", "publicationDate": null, "cropYear": null, "record": { "productName": "Ceiba nature", "supplierOrganization": "COMSA", "country": "Honduras", "region": "La Paz", "terroir": "Marcala", "species": "Arabica", "varietiesAsListed": [ "Parainema", "Red catuai", "Icatu", "Lempira" ], "process": "Natural", "dryingAsListed": "25 days patios", "altitudeAsListed": "1200 - 1700", "altitudeUnitVisibleInRecord": null, "harvestPeriod": "December - March", "harvestType": "Manual", "packagingAsListed": "69kg - Jute bags" }, "evidenceLocation": "Product identity fields and the product introduction identifying COMSA", "scope": "Published specifications for this listing; no claim of a matched farm lot or matched crop year" }, { "id": "belco-ceiba-washed", "publisher": "Belco", "sourceType": "Primary commercial product record", "title": "Honduras - La Paz - Marcala - CEIBA - Washed - Organic - by Sail", "url": "https://www.belco.fr/en/cafes/012201301601000/ceiba-washed", "accessedOn": "2026-09-18", "publicationDate": null, "cropYear": null, "record": { "productName": "Ceiba washed", "supplierOrganization": "COMSA", "country": "Honduras", "region": "La Paz", "terroir": "Marcala", "species": "Arabica", "varietiesAsListed": [ "Catuai", "Caturra", "Typica", "Bourbon", "Pacas", "IHCAFE 90" ], "varietyListExhaustive": false, "process": "Washed", "dryingAsListed": "Mecanical dryer", "altitudeAsListed": "1200 - 1700", "altitudeUnitVisibleInRecord": null, "harvestPeriod": "December - March", "harvestType": "Manual", "packagingAsListed": "69kg - Jute bags" }, "evidenceLocation": "History and traceability section for varieties and COMSA; identity sheet for other fields", "scope": "Published specifications for this listing; the variety introduction uses 'including', so its list is not necessarily exhaustive" }, { "id": "asipi-marcala-2021", "publisher": "Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI)", "sourceType": "Primary organizational account by the denomination association's manager at publication", "publicationTitle": "Consejos Reguladores de Indicaciones Geográficas: casos de éxito", "chapterTitle": "Protección del Café Marcala", "author": "Zoyla María Moreno Santos", "authorRoleAsPublished": "Manager, Asociación Denominación de Origen Café Marcala (ADOPCAM)", "publishedOn": "2021-11", "url": "https://asipi.org/biblioteca/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/download-manager-files/Indicaciones-Geograficas-ASIPI.pdf", "accessedOn": "2026-09-18", "printedPages": { "publicationDate": 2, "authorAndRole": 48, "registrationDate": 57, "municipalityList": 60 }, "record": { "registrationDateReported": "2005-11-18", "municipalityTotalReported": 19, "departments": [ { "department": "La Paz", "countReported": 13, "municipalitiesAsListed": [ "San Pedro de Tutule", "Santiago Puringla", "Santa María", "Guajiquiro", "Marcala", "Chinacla", "San José", "Santa Ana", "Opatoro", "Cabañas", "Yarula", "Santa Elena", "La Paz" ] }, { "department": "Intibucá", "countReported": 2, "municipalitiesAsListed": [ "Jesús de Otoro", "Masaguara" ] }, { "department": "Comayagua", "countReported": 4, "municipalitiesAsListed": [ "Comayagua", "El Rosario", "Ajuterique", "Siguatepeque" ] } ] }, "scope": "Historical organizational description published in 2021, not a newly retrieved current government register or boundary dataset", "originalityNote": "The 13/2/4 department counts are already printed in this source and must not be described as our original calculation." } ], "method": { "comparisonUnit": "Two public Belco Ceiba green-coffee product listings", "selection": "Same importer, COMSA organization, Ceiba product family and stated Marcala origin; one washed listing and one natural listing", "collection": "Manually transcribed factual identity fields and the washed listing's variety names from the publicly readable product pages on the access date", "normalization": [ "Natural drying text becomes 'Patios; 25 days listed' in the article.", "Washed drying spelling is corrected to 'Mechanical dryer' in the article.", "Variety names retain their specificity; red Catuai is not treated as identical to the broader Catuai label.", "Altitude has the same numeric string in both records, but its unit is not visible in the retrieved fields, so the proposed comparison does not convert or assert units." ], "analysis": "Compare common and different published fields without attributing a sensory effect to any single difference.", "historicalSourceCheck": "Read ASIPI publication and author metadata, registration history and municipality table; use as dated provenance for the DO section." }, "findings": { "matchedPublishedFields": [ "Importer", "COMSA organization", "Ceiba product family", "Honduras", "La Paz", "Marcala", "Arabica", "Altitude numeric field", "December-March harvest window", "Manual harvest" ], "differentPublishedFields": [ "Process", "Listed varieties", "Drying method" ], "originalInterpretation": "Even within one importer's COMSA Ceiba range, switching between washed and natural records changes more than the process label: listed varieties and drying also differ. The regional name and supplier therefore do not establish a process-only comparison.", "readerUse": "Compare the full lot specification alongside process when choosing Marcala coffee; the records cannot identify which of these differences caused a flavor difference.", "historicalDOImprovement": "A named ADOPCAM manager's 2021 chapter provides stronger dated provenance for registration and multi-department scope than the previous 2011 blog citation." }, "limits": [ "This is documentary comparison, not a controlled experiment, tasting, producer interview or verification of the delivered beans.", "The public listings do not establish a shared crop year, the same contributing farms, a split batch or equal variety proportions.", "The washed variety list is explicitly non-exhaustive, and both blends could change between crops.", "No comparable flavor results were exposed in the retrieved identity fields; none are inferred.", "No current stock, price, certification validity or ship date is asserted.", "The 2021 organizational chapter does not establish the denomination's current legal polygon or authorize treating a La Paz department map as its boundary." ], "compiledBy": "Online Coffee Guide" }