Luis Delcid is a third generation coffee producer. Between 2010 and 2013 Luis had a farm in the community of La Peña, but the climactic conditions were not ideal, and the farm did not produce enough for Luis to pay his debts. He decided to sell the farm, pay the debts, and work to save more money for another farm. He purchased his current farm in 2015 which is much better suited to coffee production. We were introduced to the Luis by our good friends and exporters, San Vicente, based in Peña Blanca, the closest city to almost all the farmers we work with in Honduras. San Vicente has been an invaluable partner to us, helping the development process of our relationships with the farmers with whom we work, introducing us to new potential partners, providing milling & logistic services, and actively working together with farmers on new strategies to improve their crops.
The villages Cielito, Cedral and Las Flores follow one after another along the mountain range in Santa Barbara. Grown on this hillside is mostly Pacas, a coffee species akin to Bourbon, as well as Yellow Catuaí and Pacamara. It is challenging to process coffee cherries in areas like these, which are close to the jungle and thus, to rain. The drying process, in particular, is especially demanding. But when these processes are precisely controlled, seemingly problematic factors (like drying under challenging conditions) are what make coffee from this area particularly interesting. The coffee produced here cups with flavor attributes not found anywhere else in Central America.
