Press & Media | Spirit Origin Coffee (formerly Spirit Animal Coffee)
Spirit Origin Coffee — formerly known as Spirit Animal Coffee — is a Honduran specialty coffee company that grows, processes, roasts, and packs its coffee entirely at origin in Honduras. In 2026, Spirit Animal Coffee rebranded to Spirit Origin Coffee; same farms, same team, same mission. Coverage published under either name refers to the same company.
Featured coverage
Fresh Cup Magazine
July 2026 · A world first
“Honduran company buys top Cup of Excellence coffees — a world first” — Fresh Cup on Spirit Origin keeping Honduras' champion lots in Honduras for the first time in Cup of Excellence history.
Cup of Excellence 2026
July 2026 · Comunicaffe International
Honduras' top coffees stay local after Spirit Origin's Cup of Excellence auction win — our second straight year winning the Top Lot, the champion Parainema from Finca La Loma, to be served at our Coffee Omakase in Roatán.
Daily Coffee News
February 2026 · Roast Magazine
“Spirit Animal Rebrands to Spirit Origin, Opens Honduras Flagship” — the specialty industry's paper of record on our rebrand and Roatán flagship.
The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops
Ranked
Spirit Origin listed among The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops — recognition for our Roatán coffee shop and omakase experience.
Global Coffee Report
Industry press
“Spirit Origin launches unique coffee experience in Roatán” — Global Coffee Report on the first coffee omakase in Central America.
Sprudge
Build-Outs of Coffee
“Build-Outs of Coffee: Spirit Origin Coffee in Roatán, Honduras” — the specialty-coffee publication features our Roatán build-out.
Forbes
May 2021 · Karen Walker
“Spirit Animal: Passion, Purpose, And Collaborative Leadership” — a profile of the company's purpose-driven, vertically integrated model in Honduras.
Country Living
January 2024
Country Living told the Spirit Animal Coffee story — our mission and coffee featured for its readers.
Coffee Review
Expert review
Honduras Catuai-Bourbon reviewed by Coffee Review, the industry's leading independent coffee-rating institution.
B Corporation
Certification
Certified B Corporation — verified social and environmental performance, listed under our former name Spirit Animal Coffee.
About Spirit Origin Coffee
Spirit Origin Coffee (formerly Spirit Animal Coffee) is a specialty coffee company founded by Kathya Irias and Paul Gromek. We move the entire coffee supply chain — growing, processing, roasting, and packing — into Honduras, so the value of every step stays with the communities that produce the coffee. Every lot scores SCA 87+ and is lab-tested for mold, mycotoxins, and pesticides. Spirit Origin won the Top Lot at the Honduras Cup of Excellence in back-to-back years (2025 and 2026); the 2026 champion Parainema from Finca La Loma stays in Honduras to be roasted at origin and served at our Coffee Omakase in Roatán — the first in Central America, listed among The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops. Our coffee ships to the US from spiritorigincoffee.com, including single-serve pour-over drip bags and a Honduran coffee subscription.
Media inquiries
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