Carlos H. Pacheco, Parainema Microlot – Honduras – Gardelli – Filter and Espresso

Carlos H. Pacheco, Parainema Microlot – Honduras – Gardelli – Filter and Espresso

Carlos H. Pacheco, Parainema Microlot – Honduras – Gardelli – Filter and Espresso – This small yet beautiful country has become a fantastic source of specialty coffee in the world. In fact, it’s the largest exporter of coffee in Central America.

Copán is one of Honduras’ six coffee-producing regions, known for its beans’ balanced taste and sustained aftertaste, round body and chocolate notes.
The growing conditions in Honduras are similar to those in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Most of the farms are small, a few decades ago the government introduced incentives for small farms to begin operations. Poverty, malnutrition, and weather are all struggles to overcome.

Carlos Humberto Pacheco is the owner of 21 hectares of land just outside the town of Corquin, Copan. Carlos has worked in coffee his whole life and has increased his estate over the years. The farm is planted with catuai, lempira and parainema. Carlos runs the farm with his wife Zoila Esperanza, and has reserved  certain areas of the farm for his children to inherit.
In his pursuit of perfection of coffee, and given  the success of his previous lots, this year Carlos produced microlots for the first time.

Today, Honduras ranks as one of the top coffee producing countries in the world, and is responsible for a large portion of the exports out of South America. This country has numerous challenges to face, but coffee has played a large role in its economy and development as a nation.