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Don Moises Hernández at his Finca Cascaritas
Cafés Especiales Mercedes Ocotepeque (CAFESMO)
We, the 280+ coffee growers who together form ‘Cafesmo’, have been collaborating for many years, and have formalized our cooperation in 2016. Our individual fincas are relatively small, most of them ranging roughly from 2 to 12 hectares, but united we stand strong.
All of our finca’s are FTO certified. Even more importantly: through careful selection, we are slowly perfecting the varieties that we grow on specific altitudes or soils, as well as our growing techniques, and are now able to offer an expanding array of specialty profiles. In the beginning of 2019, we have exported our first container of micro-lots, to the United Kingdom.
The area where we cultivate coffee, a large zone around the hills of Mercedes, is located in the very south of Honduras, a stone’s throw from El Salvador and Guatemala. Our plantations are protected by some of the country’s highest peaks.
Coffee Process:
Our crop season starts in November and ends in March of every year. We can process washed, semi-washed, honey and natural, as well as Anaerobic fermentation techniques for our specialty coffee.
From Our Farms:
Our farms are located in a wide circle around Mercedes in the Ocotepeque region, and the beans are mostly grown between 1,200 and 1,800 meters. Our main varieties are Parainema, Lempira, Pacas and Obatá, but we also grow IHCafé 90, Catuaí, Colombia, and more.
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