Honduras - Domingo Benitez Lopez

Apple, pear, semisweet chocolate, pecan
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Bag Weight 69 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2021/22
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Lot Number P609556-5
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About This Coffee

From San Sebastián, Lempira, Domingo is a young coffee producer that after finishing the elementary school, started to work with his father in the cultivation of basic grains until he was a teenager. Once he turned 18, Domingo moved out to the city to work in a factory and started saving his salary with the main goal of buying lands in his town. After nearly 10 years, he started to build his house in his home town, bought some lands and started to plant coffee with the help of his brother. Later, Domingo returned to San Sebastián and took care of his farm, providing jobs in his community. The good fame his town San Sebastián gained throughout the years with coffee cultivation encouraged him and other members of his family to buy more lands and to dedicate full time to coffee. Domingo started to work with Bon Café since his first crop, 13 years ago, and states that thanks to this relationship he has learned much about farming practices, the protection of the environment, and coffee processes, which allows him to produce better, more profitable harvests, provide for his family and to continue expanding.

Country of Origin Honduras
Harvest Season 2021/22
Coffee Grade HND CA WA SHG
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Processing Washed
Variety Bourbon, Pacas, Parainema, Lempira, Obata
Region Agua Fria, San Sebastian, Lempira
Farm Name La Casa
Soil Clay

History of Coffee in Honduras

Prior to 1900, coffee was essentially a garden crop in Honduras, grown on small lots of land and traded within the country for internal consumption. Less than 10 percent of the coffee harvested was exported in 1894. By 1900, exports had more than doubled, but banana was still king. A decline in banana production over the decades coincided with a slow but steady growth in coffee production. Today, Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America, exporting more than 5 million bags last year, and is one of the largest exporters of specialty grade coffee. 

Growing Coffee in Honduras

Honduras is somewhat unique in that it experienced the most significant growth in export volume after the emergence of the specialty coffee industry, so new farmers and new mills begin with quality as their goal. Coffee is now pervasive in Honduras, grown in 210 of the 298 municipalities and throughout central and coastal highlands within six districts identified as Coffee Regions. Starting in the north and moving south, the regions are Copan, Opalaca, Montecillos, Comayagua, El Paraiso, and Agalta. More than 60 percent of Honduras coffee is grown above 12 hundred meters and as high as 16 hundred. Almost 90 percent of Honduras coffee is grown on small (less than 153 bags) and medium (between 153 and 766 bags) sized farms. Virtually all Honduras coffee (over 90 percent) is washed and sun dried. Plant varieties include Cautuai, Caturra, Bourbon, Typica, and Pacas. 

  • Region Agua Fria, San Sebastian, Lempira
  • Farm Name La Casa
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Bourbon, Pacas, Parainema, Lempira, Obata
  • Soil Clay
  • On Sale Yes
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  • Top Lot No
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade HND CA WA SHG
  • CTRM Contract Number P609556-5
  • Country of Origin Honduras
  • Warehouse The Annex

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