Ana Suyapa Muñoz and her husband embarked on their coffee journey, planting their first farm plot in 2015. Ana Suyapa Muñoz inherited the plot from her parents who had previously used it for corn cultivation. Their initial venture of 0.7 hectares was met with immediate profits, which the couple reinvested read more
Maira Lizzeth Gomez was raised in the coffee felids of Intibuca. She spent her teenage years helping her parents with their coffee plantations, sparking her own passion for coffee production. As a high school graduate, she used her savings to buy a small plot of land in San Miguelito. Years read more
In 2017 José Federico Salvador planted his first plot of land. Using his savings from working as a driver, he invested in a hectare of coffee plants. He began purchasing cherry as well, and the combined production allowed him to expand his plantation to four hectares. José Federico Salvador has read more
Over the last two decades, Honduras transformed the quality of its coffees, and thus its reputation as a coffee origin, thanks to government incentives and the hard work of producers, exporters and farmer-support organizations. In 2011, Honduras overtook Guatemala to become the largest coffee producer in Central America, and today read more
Honduras APROCASAM Fairtrade Organic is grown in Ocotepeque, a region on Honduras' western edge, bordering Guatemala and El Salvador. Historically, it's one of the country's most notable coffee-producing regions. In Ocotepeque's central valley, smallholder producers have pooled their resources to create the cooperative organization Asociacion de Productores de Café San read more
Honduras COPROCAEL Organic comes to us from the Cooperativa de Productores de Café La Encarnacion Limitada in the Copan region of Honduras. Honduras' temperate and tropical climates create famously sweet and robust coffees. Further, the cool weather in Copan encourages a delicate acidity in the cherries that's evident in COPROCAEL read more
In Greek mythology, Gea (pronounced hay-uh) is the goddess of the Earth and the mother of all creation. Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) exporter Becamo created this regional blend from the coffees of more than 400 women producers and gave it a name that, it says, “embodies the determined spirit of read more
In Western Honduras, the Agricultural Cooperative Cafetalera San Antonio Limited (COAGRICSAL) is an organization of coffee, cocoa and pepper producers that was formed in 1998 with 32 members. The group has since grown to more than 1,500 member families and continues to grow each year. COAGRICSAL is committed to social read more
In 1975, 228 coffee producers and their families (including 30 women producers) began working and selling coffee together under the name Cooperativea Agrícola Uníon y Fuerza (CAUFUL). In 2002, they were officially recognized as a cooperative, and that same year, as a group they purchased a 40-manzana (nearly 70-acre) farm—a read more
