Honduras, Walter Bautista 12oz Coffee

Will Shurtz, Marco Suarez, and David Baker put their heads together to open Methodical Coffee's first cafe in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, in 2015, and have since expanded to open further locations around Greenville and in Columbia. Describing themselves as "coffee nerds, not coffee snobs," the three each play distinct roles — with Will personally overseeing production and roasting beans from Africa, Central America, and South America in small batches, Marco handling brand design, and David managing operations. Everything they do follows what they call their company's Methodista values: being mindful, personal, creative, tenacious, and grateful.

Parainema beans featured in Methodical's Honduras, Walter Bautista blend are grown by fourth-generation coffee farmer Walter Bautista in the hilly region of northwestern Honduras. Methodical buys Walter's entire coffee harvest each year and, in this case, finishes the beans with the honey process. The honey process does not involve any actual honey, instead consisting of the removal of the fruit and skin of the coffee cherry from the bean, leaving behind a sticky, thin layer of mucilage for the bean to dry in. The result is a brew with notes of white grape, blackberry, and honey. Methodical recommends the pour over and espresso methods for brewing its blends.