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Quick Facts
All the facts about our Honduras SHG EP Finca Rio Colorado
| Region | Santa Rosa de Copan |
|---|---|
| Producer | Umami Area Project |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Category | Estate |
| Harvest | from November to March |
| Shipping | from January to June |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 69kg |
Honduras
Finca Rio Colorado
washed
The “Finca Río Colorado” is next to the Celaque National Park. Celaque, a word from the Lenca dialect, means “box of water”, is a proper name for this mountain. It provides water to all of the communities and farms that surround it. The farm’s project is to produce high quality coffee. This is a socially engaged and eco-sustainable farm. The farm runs a local Coffee Farming School in the Umami Area that includes a coffee plantation workshop: coffee nursery, harvesting and depulping of ripe cherries, coffee processing, natural method, coffee drying (natural and mechanical).
Origin
Specialty coffee from Honduras
Varieties
Caturra, Catuai, Pacas, Typica & (increasingly) Lempira, IHCAFE-90 & Parainema (Sarchimor type)
Processing methods
Washed
Altitude range
from 700 to 1000 masl: Central standard = de Menos Altura
Harvest
November–April
Total yearly production
6.1 million bags
The coffee production in Honduras played a role in the country’s history and is important for the Honduran economy. In 2011, the country became Central America’s top producer of coffee.
Main production areas: Agalta, Comayagua, Copan, Mentecillos, Opalca, El Paraiso
Port of Shipment: Puerto Cortes
Export bag size: 69 kg
From 1000 – 1500 masl: High Grown = Estricta
From 1500 – 2000 masl: Strictly High Grown
Total number of coffee farmers: more than 100.000
| Region | Santa Rosa de Copan |
|---|---|
| Producer | Umami Area Project |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | washed |
| Type | Washed Arabica |
| Harvest | from November to March |
| Shipping | from January to June |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 69kg |
The “Finca Río Colorado” is next to the Celaque National Park. Celaque, a word from the Lenca dialect, means “box of water”, is a proper name for this mountain. It provides water to all of the communities and farms that surround it. The farm’s project is to produce high quality coffee. This is a socially engaged and eco-sustainable farm. The farm runs a local Coffee Farming School in the Umami Area that includes a coffee plantation workshop: coffee nursery, harvesting and depulping of ripe cherries, coffee processing, natural method, coffee drying (natural and mechanical).
