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Así como existen los platillos típicos, no pueden faltar las bebidas de la tierra catracha; es por eso que compartimos con vos estas bebidas deliciosas.

1. Atol de elote: Una bebida a base de elote, canela, azúcar y sal. Se toma caliente.

2. Chicha: Es una bebida derivada de la fermentación no destilada de maíz y otros cereales.

3. Horchata: Se prepara mezclando arroz crudo molido, azúcar blanca, canela, vainilla y rajitas de limón.

4. Pinol: Bebida a base de caco y maíz.

5. Vino de coyol: Se extrae de del árbol de coyol, debido a su fermentación contiene alcohol de manera natural.

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Así como existen los platillos típicos, no pueden faltar las bebidas de la tierra catracha; es por eso que compartimos con vos estas bebidas deliciosas. Atol de elote: Una bebida a base de elote, canela, azúcar y sal. Se toma caliente. Chicha: Es una bebida derivada de la fermentación no destilada de maíz y otros cereales.

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este video nos muestra de los orígenes de algunas platos tradicionales de honduras.

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este video nos muestra de los orígenes de algunas platos tradicionales de honduras.

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platillos tipicos de la comida hondureña | Comida tradicional de Honduras

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aqui un paseo culinario por la gastronomia hondureña espero sea de su agrado. Comida de Honduras, si piensa viajar a Honduras estos son los platillos que no se puede perder

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este articulo nos muestra de los canciones y bailes los hondureños los aprecian

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Honduras Tips - La Guía Oficial de Turismo en Honduras

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Honduras es un país de muchos ritmos y sabores, por lo que sus canciones son auténticas mezclas de la cultura garífuna, con percusiones en tambor, sonidos de trompetas y un ritmo inusual que provoca bailar.

Honduras Tips le comparte las 11 canciones que marcaron una generación de hondureños, mismas que traspasaron fronteras y pusieron el nombre de Honduras en alto, musicalmente hablando.

Si usted era seguidor de Los Rolands, Kazzabe, Silver Star, Moisés Canelo y Guillermo Anderson, este conteo le gustará.
Los Robbins (Moisés Canelo) - Noche de luna en La Ceiba
"Noche de luna en La Ceiba", de Los Robbins. Esta canción es emblemática. Los arreglos de sax, Los Robbins, héroes nacionales, y la maravillosa voz de Moisés Canelo marcan una época importante en la música hondureña.
Guillermo Anderson - En mi país
La canción "En mi país" es considerada un himno alternativo en Honduras y sus canciones para niños son cantadas en las escuelas de Honduras. No podemos dejar de mencionar también a "El Encarguito" otro de sus éxitos a nivel nacional e internacional.
Polache - Mira Honduras
Es una pieza musical creada en dentro de la exitosa campaña "Honduras Merécetela" y gracias al éxito previo de varias de sus canciones como jingles comerciales.
Banda Blanca (Pilo Tejeda) - Sopa de Caracol
"Sopa de caracol", de Banda Blanca. El tema que le ha dado la vuelta al mundo, a pesar de ser un tema contradictorio para nuestra cultura garífuna (por el nombre mal usado de punta, es en realidad punta-rock). El tema ubicó a Honduras en el mapa mundial.
Kazzabe - Si pudiera yo
Este un clásico romántico de música punta de Kazzabe Agrupación, una canción con sentimiento que ha tocado el alma de todos los hondureños.
Banda Ibanez - Sopa de Frijoles
La sopa de frijoles aparte de ser la comida favorita del hondureño, también es el título de este clásico, haciendo homenaje a la gastronomía catracha. Banda Ibanez creo esta canción para el deleite de todos los hondureños.
Diablos negros - Hojas secas
Es un himno, cualquier banda que toque este tema será un coro masivo de esta historia de amor. Los arreglos complementan y plasman el sentimiento del autor Marvin Corea, comercialmente, es un éxito.
Moisés Canelo - Vaya pues
Es uno de los himnos alternos que Honduras tiene. En cada presentación la gente le pide a Moisés interpretar este tema. Es un recorrido por nuestras grandes riquezas.
Lidia Handal - El Bananero
"El bananero", de Lidia Handal. Es uno los temas costumbristas-folclóricos más conocidos por todos los hondureños, de todas las generaciones, aunque no se le ha hecho honor al tema con una verdadera difusión y nuevas versiones.
Los Rolands - La Yuca
Los Rolands de La Ceiba se inmortalizaron esta canción, La Yuca, una graciosa canción punta que marcó una generación en Honduras. En la actualidad algunos grupos musicales la tocan en sus en vivos.
Los Silver Star - Catalina La Coja
Una de las canciones más gustadas en los noventas en Honduras, donde la punta tuve un auge impresionante. Los Silver Star son recordados por canciones alegres y picarescas. También recordamos "La carne asada" una canción que seguramente escucho.

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11 canciones que todo hondureño debe conocer

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Honduras es un país de muchos ritmos y sabores, por lo que sus canciones son auténticas mezclas de la cultura garífuna, con percusiones en tambor, sonidos de trompetas y un ritmo inusual que provoca bailar. Honduras Tips le comparte las 11 canciones que marcaron una generación de hondureños, mismas que traspasaron fronteras y pusieron el nombre de Honduras en alto, musicalmente hablando.

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este video nos explica los costumbres de bailes tradicionales en honduras.

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Folclore  de Honduras Danza típica " LA TUSA "

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Estos son los trajes típicos de Honduras oficialmente inscritos en la oficina de folklore nacional, actuialmente hay otros de los que todavia no tengo imagenes.

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este articulo se trata de los días festivos celebrado en honduras. 

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Estos son los días de asueto general en Honduras:

También hay un par de días que no son asueto general, pero en los que los alumnos de escuelas y colegios no reciben clases:

El "día del niño" solo lo celebran las escuelas, y el "día del estudiante" los colegios. Es frecuente que los estudiantes de los colegios se tomen toda una semana de asueto, la "semana del estudiante", además de la Semana Santa entera, que se toman junto con el jueves y viernes santo.

No siempre se concede asueto en los días mencionados, a veces se hace "puente" para que los días de asueto estén contiguo a los fines de semana, para "promover el turismo interno". Lo malo es que no siempre se avisa con anticipación, y ante la duda las personas no pueden hacer planes con tiempo.

También se conmemora en forma especial:

Días para hacer activismo por diferentes causas:

Días de celebraciones gremiales:

Para ver otra lista de feriados y conmemoraciones nacionales, con énfasis en las que se encuentran en el calendario cívico escolar, pueden consultar la web de información de la ciudad de Minas de Oro en su página sobre Fechas Festivas de Honduras

Festivales, Ferias y Guancascos

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Enero
1. Festivales Paya (Culmí, Olancho)
2. Celebración del Drama Popular "Los Reyes Magos" (Ajuterique, Comayagua)
3. Guancascos entre Ilama y Gualala (Gualala, Santa Bárbara)
4. Celebración Cristos Negros (varios lugares en Honduras)
5. Guancascos entre Gracias y Mejicapa (Gracias, Lempira)
6. Guancasco entre Erandique y sus aldeas. Baile de los Negritos (Erandique, Lempira).
7. Guancasco, Ojojona-Lepaterique. (Ojojona, Francisco Morazán)

Febrero
1. Guancasco entre Ilama, Gualala-Chinda (Ilama-Santa Bárbara)
2. Guancasco entre Lejamaní y Comayagüela (La Cuesta, Comayagüela)
3. Feria de la Virgen de Suyapa. Basílica de Nueva Suyapa.
4. Feria de San Sebastián y el Drama de San Sebastián o el Baile de los Diablitos (Comayagua, Comayagua)
5. Festival del Café (Aldea del Suyatal , Cedros)
6. Guancasco , La Campa, Belén (Baile del Garrobo) (La Campa, Lempira)
7. Festival de la Naranja (Guinope, El Paraíso)

Marzo
1. Las Enramadas de San José Chiquito (Nacaome, Valle)
2. Baile de los Negritos (Santa Elena, La Paz)
3. Festival de música autóctona (Nueva Celilac, Santa Bárbara)
4. Festival del Coyol (Catacamas, Juticalpa, Olancho)

Abril
1. Festival del Pino (Siguatepeque)
2. Festival de la Mora (Opatoro, La Paz)
3. Gran Romería Lenca (Taulabé, Comayagua)
4. Festival del Jamo (Olanchito, Yoro)
5. Festival de Alimentos tradicionales en vías de extinción. (Cantarranas, Francisco Morazán)
6. Festival de Juegos Tradicionales (San Marcos , Santa Bárbara)

Semana Santa
1. Viernes de Dolores: Guancasco entre Taulabé y Jaitique (Taulabé, Comayagua)
2. Viernes Santo: Celebración drama popular los tribunales (Villa de San Antonio, Comayagua) elaboración de alfombras de aserrín, Via Crucis y procesiones (Comayagua y Tegucigalpa)
3. Sábado de Gloria: Baile de las Tiras (Poblados Garífunas, Costa Norte del País)
4. Domingo de Resurrección: Las Carreritas de San Juan (Yuscarán y Tegucigalpa)

Mayo
1. Celebración del Día de la Cruz (varios lugares de Honduras)
2. Festival de la Flor y el Café (Las Selvas, El Paraíso)
3. Festival de las Flores de Mayo (Comayagua, Comayagua)
4. Festival de la s Hamacas (Langue, Valle)
5. Festival de las Flores (Santa Lucía, Francisco Morazán)
6. Festival del Mango (Yuscarán)
7. Festival de las Flores (Lepaterique, Fco. Morazán)
8. Carnaval de la Ceiba (La Ceiba)

Junio
1. Guancasco entre la Villa de San Antonio y Yarumela (Villa de San Antonio, Comayagua)
2. Festival de la Lluvia de Peces. (Yoro)
3. Feria Juniana y Carnaval. (San Pedro Sula)

Julio
1. Festival Garífuna (Bajamar , Cortés)
2. Guancasco entre Lepaterique y Ojojona (Lepaterique, Fco. Morazán)
3. Festival de la Leche (La Ceiba, Atlántida)

Agosto
1. Festival de la Tuza (Nueva Celilac, Santa Bárbara)
2. Festival del Maíz (Danlí , el Paraíso)
3. Festival de la Rosquilla (Sabanagrande, Fco. Morazán)

Septiembre
1. Semana Cívica de Olanchito (Olanchito, Yoro)
2. Festival de la Milpa (Sulaco, Yoro)
3. Festividades de Independencia (en todo el país)

Octubre
1. Guancasco entre Texiguat y Liure (Texiguat, El Paraíso)
2. Guancasco entre Yarumela y la Villa de San Antonio (Yarumela, La Paz)
3. Celebración del Descubrimiento de América. (Aldea El Aceituno, Alianza, Valle)
4. Festival de la canción y danzas Lenca (Intibucá)
5. Festival del Pescado. (Amapala, Valle)
6. Festival del Maíz (Santa Elena, La Paz)
7. Celebración de los Juegos Florales (San Marcos de Ocotepeque)

Noviembre
1. Danza del Cikin (Territorio Chortí de Copán Ruinas y Cabañas Copán)
2. Festival del Pan (La Paz)
3. Festival de la Rosquilla (Cerro de Hula, Francisco Morazán)

Diciembre
1. Festival Internacional de las culturas (Choluteca)
2. Guancasco entre Gracias y Mejicapa)
3. Procesión de los Inditos (Varios lugares del País)
4. Guancasco ente Yamaranguila y San Francisco de Opalaca (San Francisco de Opalaca, Intibucá)
5. Guancasco entre Lejamaní y la Cuesta (Lejamaní, Comayagua)
6. Drama Popular El Baile del Gigante (Lejamaní, Comayagua)
7. Durante todo el mes: Elaboración de nacimientos y representaciones de pastorales en diversos lugares del pais
8. Festivales Garifunas (Días 24-31 de Dic.) Uanaragawua-Jungú Júngo, Parrandas-Culiou, Careopatia-Uarini (Atlántida , Colon, Gracias a Dios y Cortés)

*Tomado de OEI.

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Honduras: a small, beautiful country at the heart of Central America. Its location and terroir are ideal for growing coffee - in fact, it's the world's fifth biggest producer by volume (ICO, 2017).

And despite high poverty rates and , the country's specialty coffee production grows stronger and stronger. Many of its single origins have demonstrated high potential, such as this year's Cup Of Excellence (COE) winner, a Parainema grown by Oscar Daniel Ramirez Valerio of Finca el Laurel, El Paraiso. , a record price for Honduras. It scored 91.81 points and sold for US $124.50/lb

But what's so special about Honduran coffee? What are the different regions? And what profiles can we find? Read on to find out.
Spanish Version: Una Presentación de las 6 Regiones Cafeteras de Honduras
In order to get more insight into this question, I decided to speak with Sasa Sestic, creator of Project Origin's Best of Honduras: Late Harvest Auction, which was held in the last week of July. I also spoke with Jorge Lanza, a producer from Santa Barbara, and winner of the 2013 Cup of Excellence in Honduras.

Not only do these two share an immense passion for the country's specialty coffee production, but they also agree on what makes it so great: diversity. Honduras may be small, but it's rich in different varieties, processes, altitudes, micro-climates, cup profiles, and more.

As a general guide, the annual rainfall ranges between 1,300-2,3000 mm (IHCAFE) - but some areas are far more humid than others. Varieties include Catuai, Pacas, Lempira, IHCAFE90, and Parainema. Washed coffees are the most common, but you'll also find producers experimenting with honeys or naturals (locally called ).

Honduran coffee origins all shine for different reasons. So let's look at the six different regions that you can buy or taste coffee from.

Sasa Sestic at the 2016 Best of Honduras: Late Harvest Auction. Credit: Project Origin

Copán

Copán lies in the west of Honduras, bordering Guatemala, and includes the states of Copán, Ocotepeque, and part of Santa Barbara. It has an altitude of 1,000-1,500 m.a.s.l., and some of the widest ranges of humidity and temperature - although, with a low of 11.5 °C, it can also be the coolest producing region in the country.

Here, you can find a sweet-scented coffee with strong notes of chocolate, caramel and citrus. The body tends to be bold and creamy, while the aftertaste is lingering and balanced, with a delicate acidity. Common varieties include Bourbon, Caturra, and Catuai.

Coffee from Copán is particularly famous in Honduras. What's more, it's part of the Honduran Western Coffees (HWC) Geographical Indication, which marks it as a notable origin (much like Mexican tequila or Roquefort cheese).

As for Sasa, he tells me that he finds coffees from this region are often well-suited to blends.

Opalaca

The Opalaca region runs to the east of Copán and is also part of the HWC origin. It includes much of Santa Barbara, Intibucá, and Lempira. Common varieties here include Bourbon, Catuai, and Typica.

With a slightly higher altitude of 1,100-1,500 m.a.s.l., you'll find a great complexity of flavors: tropical fruits, grapes and berries; a fine delicate acidity; and a balanced aftertaste.

"I've found diverse profiles in this region," Sasa tells me, "such as mango, grapes, a complex acidity, strong aromas and floral characters."

Montecillos

Montecillos is particularly special, Jorge tells me, because of its weather and high altitude. You'll find coffee growing between 1,200 and 1,600 m.a.s.l. Nights tend to be cold, giving the cherries the opportunity to ripen more slowly and develop a sweeter flavor .

Situated along the Salvadoran border, in the southwest of Honduras, producers here have cultivated coffees that have gained worldwide recognition. This has made Montecillos home to Honduras' first Origin Denomination: Café de Marcala.

You can indulge yourself with coffee that tastes of citrus, peach, apricot, and caramel; that has a velvety body; and a sparkling tartaric acidity.

Sasa also has a research and development farm here. He explains that, thanks to this micro-climate, he has been able to experiment with techniques that will unlock the potential of different varieties. He believes that fermentation is key to maximizing the amount of sugars a cherry can develop , thereby producing a better cup.
The view from Nelson Ramirez's Finca Cheli, Santa Barba ra. Credit: Mark A. Froud's Souvenir Coffee Co.
Comayagua

The region of Comayagua sits in the centre of Honduras and is made up of the states of Comayagua and Francisca Morazán. It has an altitude of 1,000-1,500 m.a.s.l. What's more, according to IHCAFE, it had the country's greatest yield in 2016, with an average 30.19 of green coffee per (approximately 100 pounds per 1.72 acres).
SEE ALSO: Interview: How Training Cuppers Supports Specialty in Honduras
It is also the region of this year's Project Origin Best of Honduras Washed Champion: Jose Abel Girón Dubón of Finca Las Botijas entered a Pacamara which scored 91.34 points and sold for US $29.10/lb. It impressed the judges with its complexity, juicy and velevety mouthfeel, and fruity flavours: they recorded notes of candy, peach, mango, floral, jasmine, apricot, lime, honey, black currant, orange, watermelon, guava, hibiscus, raspberry, white grape, red grape, and mint.

In a cup of Comayagua coffee, you can expect sweet, citrus fragrances combined with a bright level of acidity and a creamy, rich body. Common varieties include Typica, Bourbon, Parchi, and other hybrids.

El Paraiso

You'll find El Paraiso in the south of Honduras, bordering Nicaragua. It has an altitude of 1,000-1,400 m.a.s.l. and a relatively high temperature of 16-22.5°C.

The region's reputation is growing - helped along by this year's Cup of Excellence win. Oscar Daniel Ramirez Valerio's Parainema was grown in El Paraiso. Farmed at 1,400 m.a.s.l., it had flavors and aromas of green apples, jasmine, peach, blueberries, orange, and white wine.

What's more, Parainema is a rust-resistant Sarchimor hybrid - something that has historically left specialty buyers wary. Yet Sasa makes the case for them, telling me, "Hybrids can taste amazing." He adds that it's important to work with them correctly to maximize their potential.

Generally speaking, El Paraiso has sweet, citric, and smooth cup profiles. Sasa tells me that he has also found unique flavors, include champagne, grapes, mango, and tropical fruits, along with a floral acidity and creamy mouthfeel.

Agalta

Last, but certainly not least, we find Agalta. Located in the southeast of Honduras, it has a more tropical climate and altitudes that range from 1,100 to 1,400 m.a.s.l. Common varieties include Bourbon, Caturra, and Typica.

Coffee from this region offers diverse tropical fruit flavors, with a caramel and chocolate fragrance, a delicate but pronounced acidity, and a sweet aftertaste.

Honduras' coffees have a lot to offer. So go ahead and try all the varieties, cup profiles, and regions that you can find from this Central American gem. Savor the champagne notes of an El Paraiso, the velvety body of a Cafe Marcala, and the complex acidity of an Opalaca. Experience the diversity that makes this country's coffee so special.
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And know that, as you drink a cup of Honduran coffee, you'll also be tasting the great labor of many Honduran families.

Written by Gisselle Guerra. Feature photo: Bernardino Benítez displays ripe-red cherries on his farm in Los Naranjos, Intibucá. Feature photo credit: Maren Barbee

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Introducing The 6 Coffee Regions of Honduras

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Honduras: a small, beautiful country at the heart of Central America. Its location and terroir are ideal for growing coffee - in fact, it's the world's fifth biggest producer by volume (ICO, 2017). And despite high poverty rates and , the country's specialty coffee production grows stronger and stronger.

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Honduras coffee has become a fantastic source of income for our country. The geography is ideal for growing this crop, and the outstanding job of the IHCAFE - Instituto Hondureño del Café (or Honduran Institute of Coffee) has prompted a sustained growth in the production of coffee from Honduras during the past four decades. Purchase Honduras Coffee Online

There is no doubt that coffee production and exports saved the state of Honduras from a certain bankruptcy following the 2009 political crisis. The combination of a record crop and unusually high international coffee prices generated employment and hard currency, which allowed the Honduran economy to stay afloat and not collapse.

During 2011, Honduras surpassed Guatemala as the largest Central American coffee producer and exporter, and by 2012, Honduras had become the second world exporter of washed Arabica coffee! Today, Honduras is the seventh largest producer of coffee in the world, behind much bigger countries, such as Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Best of all, the high quality of Honduras coffee has allowed it to obtain world wide recognition, and specialty coffee brands are now actively seeking and purchasing high quality coffee from Honduras.

The Beginnings of Coffee from Honduras

Coffee found its way to the new world as early as the early 18 th century, arriving first in the island of Martinique, from where it expanded throughout the Caribbean. The island of Hispaniola quickly became an important coffee production center with the French Colony at Haiti providing almost half of the world coffee supply at the time of their independence from France in 1788; however, the production of coffee never recovered after the independence war in this nation, the first Latin American country to be independent from its colonizers. By 1804, there are documents that state that coffee was beginning to be cultivated in the province of Honduras, then part of the vice-royalty of New Spain. Once Honduras achieved its independence from Spain, there were several different presidents that tried to promote the production of coffee in the new country, however the persistent coups and wars did not provide the proper conditions to allow the expansion of this crop. During the first half of the XX th century, bananas were the most important cash crop in Honduras, fueled by the large US owned banana companies that had established themselves in the north coast of Honduras. However, during the second half of that century, coffee slowly but steadily increased its share as a cash crop, and by the end of the twentieth century, coffee from Honduras was as important a gross internal product of Honduras as the banana industry. It was during the first decade of the XXI st century when the production of coffee really began to blossom, turning coffee into the first, and most important, cash crop for Honduras.

Honduras Coffee Production

Unlike the banana industry, where the production was dominated by a few (actually only two) big corporations, the production of coffee from Honduras has grown in such a way that there are 110,000 thousand coffee producers registered in the country, with 92% of them being considered small producers. In total, they generate over one million jobs during the coffee picking season, which happens between November and March every year, creating employment for over 12.5% of the total population of eight million people in Honduras. Many complete families work during the coffee picking season, with young kids being an important part of the workforce, providing an additional income to their families. Keep in mind that the Honduran schooling system has vacations from the end of November to the first week in February, which blends in perfectly with the peak of the coffee growing season.

For a good part of the last 20 years, many Honduran coffee producers, especially those in western departments of Copan and Ocotepeque, smuggled their coffee across the border to sell it in Guatemala. Why, would you ask? Because coffee from Guatemala had a better reputation than coffee from Honduras, and as a result, the buyers were willing to pay more for coffee from Guatemala than they were for Honduran coffee.

The Improvement of Coffee from Honduras

During the last 25 years, both the coffee producers and the Government of Honduras have made a quest to improve the quality of coffee from Honduras. Laws have been passed giving fiscal incentives to coffee producers, highways have been built to access remote coffee growing regions, and the production has been technified by conducting soil analysis and determining the correct fertilizers to ensure a greater production and better quality. The result has been astonishingly effective in helping Honduras get a great name for its coffee. The vast majority of coffee from Honduras is Arabica, with several different strains grown that have been identified as the best for the climate conditions and geographic characteristics of Honduras, the most common being the Bourbon, Catuari, Caturra, Typica and Pacas strains.

The Instituto Hondureño del Café ( www.ihcafe.hn) is the entity in charge of promoting the quality of coffee in Honduras, as well as marketing the product. In 2005, the first Appellation of Origin brand in all of Central America was established in Honduras, designating "Café Marcala" ( www.cafemarcala.com) as a brand that confirms the origin of coffee that has been cultivated and produced in an area that is comprised of 19 municipalities within three different departments of Honduras: La Paz, Intibuca and Comayagua.

A second Honduran Appellation of Origin brand for coffee from Honduras has been in process since 2007, the Honduran Western Coffee brand, which includes coffee from two distinct regions in Western Honduras: Copan and Opalaca, which includes communities in the departments of Copan, Lempira, Intibuca and Ocotepeque. This regional brand already has its own web page, and is in the process of becoming a full fledged coffee Appellation of Origin. www.honduranwesterncoffees.com

The IHCAFE has classified six distinct coffee growing regions where high quality altitude, shade grown Arabica coffee is produced. Each region specializes in coffee that has a different, very distinct coffee cup taste, and caters to different markets depending on specific tastes and preferences.

These brands are: Copan and Opalaca, both marketed under the Honduran Western Coffee regional brand; Montecillos, which is marketed under the Café Marcala Appelation of Origin brand, and includes coffee produced in the department of La Paz, Intibuca and parts of Comayagua; another marketing brand is the Comayagua Coffee, produced in the department of Comayagua; the Agalta, a region in the mountainous border area between the Olancho and Colon departments, and finally Paraiso, for the area around the department of El Paraiso in Eastern Honduras.

Coffee from Honduras Gains Recognition

During 2012, Honduras was invited to the 24 th SCAA trade show (Special Coffees Association of America) as a Portrait Country, which means that it was featured as the coffee producer of the year by this important association. The event, that took place in Portland, Oregon, was inaugurated by President Lobo himself, who was there as the featured guest speaker on behalf of Honduras. During the event, Honduras won several awards, and gained much international recognition for the excellent quality of its coffee.

Unfortunately, climate change has taken an unprecedented toll in the production of coffee in Central America during this past year. Due to a rainy season that was unusually wet, many of the coffee plantations in the region have been hit by a fungus blight called coffee leaf rust. This blight attacks Arabica coffee plantations, and pretty much destroyed the coffee harvest in Brazil in 1970. Since then it has spread to most coffee producing countries in the world. Fortunately for Honduras, its plantations have not been as severely affected as those in its sister Central American countries. There are different speculations as to how much of the coffee crop will be lost due to the blight, with estimations varying between 20 and 50% of the total harvest. On the bright side, the organization, through the Ihcafe, is well prepared and already combating the blight. The downside, however, is that in the impoverished economy of Honduras today, the lower output of export grade coffee from Honduras will mean more hardships for the national economy.
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A sustained growth in the production of coffee from Honduras during the past four decades is attributed to the outstanding job of the IHCAFE - Instituto Hondureño del Café (or Honduran Institute of Coffee). The combination of a record crop, and unusually high international coffee prices generated employment.