Honduras
Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America, but specialty success is highly regional and program-dependent. Most coffee is smallholder parchment sold fast for cash; quality depends on who intervenes after harvest.
Growing Regions
11 Regions
Marcala (La Paz)
cooperative gravity, relatively stable quality
Santa Bárbara (NW, near Lake Yojoa)
high ceiling, drying-dependent
Copán (west, near Guatemala)
altitude pockets inside commodity gravity
El Paraíso (east)
heat, speed, and fermentation risk
Comayagua / Montecillos (central highlands)
altitude advantage, logistics friction
Yoro / Atlantida (north coast influence)
humidity ceiling