Cloud Nine

Cloud Nine is our second staple in the Extra range, but where Sugar Rush goes bold and loud, Cloud Nine goes somewhere else entirely. This is a coffee for the moments that ask for stillness: delicate, floral, tea-like, and deeply complex. The kind of cup that rewards slow attention. Cloud Nine will always be here, edition after edition, chasing that particular feeling of lightness and clarity.

For this first edition, we found exactly what we were looking for in Honduras — specifically in the region of Santa Barbara, widely considered one of the finest producing areas in the country. Santa Barbara doesn't just occasionally produce exceptional coffee; it does so with striking consistency, regularly accounting for more than half of Honduras's Cup of Excellence finalists. It is a region that seems to understand quality as a baseline, not an ambition.

Within Santa Barbara, Elder Chavez has built a quiet but well-earned reputation. He operates two farms: La Montañita, a small plot set within forested land at around 1,650 meters, and El Mirador, his larger farm higher up the hill at approximately 1,800 meters — now planted entirely with Geisha.

Elder's path to where he is today was deliberate. His early production focused on Catimor, but as quality from the variety declined over time, he made a clear choice: transition fully toward the highest end of what his land could offer. In 2017, he invested in improved processing infrastructure. Then in 2020, rather than replanting El Mirador gradually, he committed entirely — replacing the whole farm at once with Geisha seeds sourced directly from the Hartmann family in Panama, one of the most respected origins for the variety in the world. It was a long-term bet, and it has paid off.

Dayglow's Cloud Nine originates from the Santa Barbara region of Honduras, where producer Elder Chavez cultivates Geisha at elevations between 1650–1800 masl. Geisha is prized for its distinctive floral and tea-like character—qualities that Dayglow emphasizes in their tasting profile, alongside the delicate, complex notes this varietal typically expresses. The combination of high-altitude cultivation in Honduras' Santa Barbara microclimate with the inherent aromatics of Geisha creates conditions for the nuanced sensory experience Dayglow identifies in this lot.