Honduras El Roble

Region: San Andrés, Lempira

Variety: Yellow and Red Catuai

Farm: Humberto Ardon

Altitude: 1525m

Process: Natural

Tasting Notes: Complex ripe red fruits, cherry, berry, milk chocolate

Certified: LIFT

Owned by Adrian Castro, el Roble has 23 hectares, 21 cultivated. San Andreas is a small municipality in the state of Lempira, with a population of 15,000 people primarily involved in the cultivation of coffee. The farm sits between 1,525-1,625 meters above sea level, with an average temperature of 69º, and grows yellow and red catuai. Mr. Castro mills his coffee after picking only the most ripe cherries, paying particular attention to the washing, fermentation, and drying of their coffees to create exceptional coffee. The coffees are floated for quality and then dried on raised beds.

LIFT program was launched by Mercon in Nicaragua and has expanded to Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, and Vietnam. LIFT features initiatives related to training and technical assistance for coffee farmers, farm business management, agricultural practices, socio-environmental practices, climate-smart agriculture, Rainforest Alliance standards compliance, and access to capital and risk-management tools. The LIFT program also contributes to the Seeds for Progress Foundation, which seeks to provide education access in coffee-growing communities.