Honduras - Las Delicias (Filter)

Country: Honduras

Region: Montecillos

Farm: Las Delicias

Altitude: 1550-1650 m.a.s.l.

Variety: Pacas

Processing: Honey

Descriptors: white grape, nectarine, red berries

ABOUT LAS DELICIAS COFFEE

The Las Delicias Farm was founded 45 years ago in the Montecillos community of the La Paz department in southwestern Honduras near the Montecillos Reserve. The native inhabitants - Lenka, call this area "the place of stone" because of the mountainous terrain with thick jungle cover. La Paz has clay loam soils and a temperate climate. Coffee trees here receive less daylight, so they bear fruit in smaller volumes, but with better quality. Mostly they grow in the shade next to banana palms. Montecillos has became the first territory in Honduras to receive denomination of origin status: Café de Marcala.

At Las Delicias farm they work in harmony with the environment by applying organic matter and chemical fertilizers of processed coffee as a complement to nutrition. Besides they have implemented experimental plots using timber trees to improve water retention in summer and avoid soil degradation due to heavy rains in winter. Except for coffee the farmers also grow avocado trees on the plantation.